Hyderabad, June 12 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who also holds the Energy portfolio, said that 335 compassionate appointment letters for Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) workers will be distributed in Mancherial on Saturday, June 13.

The Deputy CM also asked officials to resume the Medical Board at the earliest and to conduct its process with utmost transparency and impartiality to ensure a good future for Singareni families.

The Medical Board issue had been brought up by the MLAs and ministers of the coal belt region during a recent meeting, and all suggestions made by them regarding workers' welfare are seriously being considered, Bhatti said.

The issue of name changes, which has remained unr...