By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, January 1, 2016 : The state owned coal mining company Mahanadi Coal Ltd on Friday launched a mobile application at a special function, which is capable of distant monitoring of coal mining and dispatch operations through smartphones.

Launching the mobile application, MCL chairman-cum-managing director AK Jha said, ‘’I feel utterly privileged to inform that your company has entered into 2016 as the largest coal producer of the country’’.

MCL targets to produce 150 million ton of coal in the current financial year. The company has already dispatched over 100 million tons of dry fuel to its consumers, which includes the power generation plants in various states of the country.

‘’We shall be scripting new stories of success every day,’’ the CMD added, motivating the employees to contribute their level best for the common goal.

The company has been asked to produce 25 per cent of Coal India’s 2020 target of one billion tons of coal to meet the country’s growing energy needs.

MCL, a diversifying energy giant of Coal India, under its sustainable development program is going to setup a 2×800 MW Super Critical thermal Plant in Sundergarh district Odisha and has entered into the field of Power Transmission with a JV with OPTCL.

To reduce its carbon imprints, the company has also set up a 2 MW Solar Power Plant as a pilot project in its headquarters.  It is likely to get a shot in its arm after its key railway line between Barpali and Jharsuguda becomes functional in June 2016.