The aim of Security Department is to protect men and materials of the company and to curb coal theft & illegal mining activities. Company is having 03(three) type of Security set-up:
ECL Security:
The main duty of ECL Security is to guard the company’s property i.e. Stores, Office, Explosive Magazines, Coal Depots/Sidings, Colonies and escorting of VIPs as and when required by the Management. Escorting of loaded Railway Rakes, Tipping Trucks /Dumpers from Coal Depot/Siding to Railway W/Bridges till the weighment is done. The raids are conducted, as per information and intelligence gathering, by our security personnel, CISF alongwith local Police, accordingly seizure of coal alongwith involved trucks /vehicles and apprehension of miscreants. The same is handed over to the local Police Station and FIR is lodged accordingly. ECL Security Personnel are also deployed during the time of strike/gherao/demonstration/hunger stike and any type of law and order problem in ECL Area.
Contractual Security:
The Contractual Security personnel are deployed along with ECL security to augment the security arrangements.
CISF:
CISF is deployed for static duty at Rajmahal, Sonepur Bazari, SP.Mines. Besides they are having camps at Mugma, Salanpur, Sripur, Kunustoria, Pandavewar, Kalidaspur and Satgram Area. They remain on mobile duty to conduct raids against illegal mining, illegal trafficking of coal and illegal coal depots and are also deployed during Strike/Gherao in the colliery/Area.
Home Guard:
170 Home Guards are deployed along with ECL Security in Mugma, SP. Mines, and Rajmahal Area.
Basic Problems of Security:
Steps taken for revamping of security at ECL:
Steps being taken to check/prevent the illegal mining/transportation of coal:
Steps taken to check/prevent theft of coal:
Details of Seizure of Illegal Trafficking Coal and Illegal Mined Coal by CISF, ECL Security, DGR sponsored security personnel and Local Police:
Year |
State |
No. of Raids |
Coal seized (Tonne) |
Vehicles Seized |
Person Apprehended |
FIRs Lodged |
Seizure of Coal from Illegal Trafficking |
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2018-19 |
West Bengal |
1186 |
11063.39 |
64 |
30 |
224 |
Jharkhand |
586 |
4885.23 |
01 |
- |
135 |
|
Total |
1772 |
15948.62 |
65 |
30 |
359 |
|
2017-18 |
Total |
1464 |
11013.77 |
49 |
36 |
175 |
Variation |
308 |
4934.85 |
16 |
-6 |
184 |
|
Seizure of Illegal Mined Coal by ECL Security, CISF and Local Police |
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2018-19 |
West Bengal |
624 |
1280.18 |
27 |
- |
184 |
Jharkhand |
291 |
171.45 |
- |
- |
64 |
|
Total |
915 |
1451.63 |
27 |
0 |
248 |
|
2017-18 |
Total |
687 |
115.29 |
- |
3 |
84 |
Variation |
228 |
1336.34 |
27 |
-3 |
164 |
The data given above is the seizure made by CISF, ECL Security along with Police, outside the Colliery premises. The above coal was being carried by Trucks either from illegal mining sites or illegal trafficking/illegal coal stocks.
During the course of dozing off/sealing/filling up of the illegal mining sites the ECL security along with CISF and local Police are also deployed at the dozing points within leasehold and outside the leasehold areas. In the year 2018-19, 2054 sites were dozed/sealed to curb the illegal coal mining. The State administration is actively involved to curb the menace of illegal Coal Mining and Pilferage of Coal.
Theft/Recovery of other materials.
Year |
2018-19 |
2017-18 |
Variation(Increase/decrease) |
No. of Incidents |
117 |
107 |
10 |
No. of FIRs/Info. |
76 |
61 |
15 |
Property Stolen (in Rs.) |
27,38,418.34 |
16,94,808.18 |
1043610.16 |
Property recovered (in Rs.) |
3,66,622.50 |
1,43,540.20 |
223082.30 |
Persons apprehended |
08 |
07 |
01 |
IT Initiatives for preventing and curbing illegal mining and pilferage of coal:
The following IT initiatives have been enforced with zero tolerance and integration for prevention and curbing illegal mining and pilferage of coal:-
OUTSOURCING OC PATCHES:
In 2018-19, company produced 310.08 L. Te of coal and raised 1015.14 L. Cum OB from 33 outsourced OC patches registering a growth of 23.05% in coal production and a growth of 12.99% in OB removal against previous year’s figure of 251.99 L.Te of coal and OB removal of 898.42 L. Cum from 32 outsourcing OC Patches.
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