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October 15: The Kakatiya longwall underground project of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) is going to be delayed as the company will go for re-tendering to appoint a technology provider-cum-operator (TPO).

“The tender for the TPO has been withdrawn and we are going for re-tendering,” a company official told ICMW.

He said workers are currently engaged in “peripheral work” at the project, but progress will start only after the re-tendering process is over.

“As it stands now, I think it will take at least three years for the project to start production,” the official said.

Earlier, the Kakatiya longwall project was expected to start operations from 2015-16.

The project is slated to have a peak production volume of 2.747 million tons per annum (mtpa).