Hyderabad, July 8 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday alleged that the Centre was misleading the public over the Tadicherla-II coal block, asserting that it was not a fresh allocation but merely the grant of mining lease approval for a block that had already been allotted to the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in 2013..
Addressing a press conference at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Praja Bhavan, Bhatti said the mining lease approval had been delayed for years despite repeated representations by the state government.
He welcomed the approval but rejected claims by union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy that the Centre had newly allotted the block to Singareni.
Presenting documentary evidence, the Deputy...