CIL subsidiary alleged to have compromised mine safety
Bharat Coking Coal (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India (CIL), has come under the Competition Commission of India (CCI) scanner for floating a vendor-biased global tender against the country’s competition rule, thereby compromising the safety of mines.
A source in the CCI told FE that BCCL floated a tender in November 2012 asking for Mine Slope Stability Monitoring Radar. But the specifications given were out dated and not vendor neutral. The specification only supported one technology — Real Aperture Radar (RAR) system.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/bccl-under-cci-lens-mine-radar-tender
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal-india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/occupational-safety
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/northern-coalfields