Power major NTPC has expressed hope of getting back three out of its five de-allocated mines from the government this month.
“We may get these mines (Chatti Bariatu, Chatti Bariatu (S), Kerandari) this month,” Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury told PTI. The Coal Ministry last year had deallocated five NTPC mines — Chatti Bariatu, Chatti Bariatu (S), Kerandari, Brahmani and Chichiro Patsimal — in Jharkhand following the power firm's failure to develop these within the stipulated time-frame.