Northern Coalfields Ltd. will in a new CSR initiative fund the construction of an airstrip in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, for which it will contribute Rs 17.3 crores.
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh laid the foundation stone of the Singrauli ‘Airstrip’ via video conferencing.
“The NCL family is always committed to the comprehensive participation in the inclusive development of the Singrauli area,” said.
Singrauli is industrial town and Northern Coalfields has coal mines over there.
Singrauli is emerging as India’s Energy capital, the place earlier known as Shringavali, named after the sage Shringi, was once upon a time covered with dense and unnavigable forests and inhabited by wild animals. The place was considered so treacherous that it was used by the Kings of Rewa State, who ruled the area till 1947, as an open air prison for detaining errant civilians and officers.
