This department was created in the Company since 1989 for the purpose of co-ordinating the activities of independent departments at Corporate level, contributing towards “Planning” and “Projects” function of the Company

The Corporate Planning & Projects is headed by Chief GM/GM. Under him, the following departments are Operating

Project Monitoring: Co-ordination and correspondence with Ministry of Coal & Planning Commission on projects, Foreign Collaboration, production assessment and perspective planning , Capital Budget (Annual Plan), Annual Action Plan formulation; Planning of Coal Handling Plants; Formulation of answers to Parliamentary questions relating to Planning etc.; technical support and co-ordination of mining drivage contracts

Geological prospecting and drilling in new areas with necessary help of Geophysical aids, to prove coal reserves and bring out geological reports leading to formulation of new projects.

Technical examination of proposals/geological reports bringing out Feasibility Reports/ RCEs/ UCEs/ EMPs, persuing of Project – sanction – process. General guidance to field on Environment management

Corporate level guidance and control of surveying function in the company.

Board & Pillar method was adopted in all areas upto the year 1948 and with purely manual, from 1948-58 Manual & Semi-mechanised coal lifting. During 1958 –1960 the 1st longwall face was worked at No.5 incline Kothagudem with coal plough, penzer conveyor for coal clearance at face with sand stowing. Since coal plough was not able to cut the coal, drilling and blasting was practical for dislodging coal. Later this method was dispensed to re-introduce longwall with shearer, AFC and 4 legged chock shields in 1983.

Till the year 1975, SCCL operated only underground mines, before opening up Manuguru Area. OCP-I of Manuguru was the first OCP SCCL worked and as on day 11 OCPs are yielding coal production. Opencast method is adopted later to extract developed pillars of u/g mines after u/g mine is closed or isolated

In 1983, the first fully mechanised Longwall face was started at GDK-7 Inc., later in GDK-9 Inc. (1985 ?) , VK-7 inc.(1985), JK-5 Inc. 1989, GDK-11A(1992 ?) , GDK-10A (1994), PVK (1995).

In 1989, with French Collaboration, Blasting gallary method was introduced at GDK-10 Inc. latter GDK-8 Inc., VK-7 and now introduced at GDK-6B of Ramagundam and 21 inc. of Yellandu. This method is useful for extraction of thick seams (more than 7 metres) and percentage of coal recovery is around 85%.

In the coming years proposals are hand to introduce longwall in shaft blocks behind 300 mtrs depth.