Vigilance Compedium - CCL

• Payment of contractually transported quantity is made on the basis of actual
weighment and not as per the approximately derived weight.
2.2 Not measuring the excavated section of manual mine separately.
a. It was seen from the available records that no separate monthly measurement of
manually excavated section of the said was conducted. Although not mandatory, but
the exclusive measurement of manually excavated section should have been
conducted to cross-check the volume of manually loaded coal reported during the
month.
b. In view of the above it was recommended that:
• A separate section should exclusively be developed in the quarry for manual loading.
• Manually loaded trips should be cross checked at the end of the month by measuring
the volume of coal excavated from the manual section.
2.3 Same contractor for transporting coal from manual and CPL section
a. The works of contractual transportation of coal from both manual and contractual Pay
loader Section (CPL Section) have been awarded to same contractor. As the exit route
from both sections are same, chances of booking mechanically loaded truck as manually
loaded by the Manual Pit Munshi in connivance with contractual Munshi can not be
ruled out because once the trucks get out of their sections it was very difficult for mid
check point or CISF check post to distinguish between manually loaded trucks and
mechanically loaded trucks.
b. In view of the above it was recommended that:
• The above said two transport contractors should be awarded to two different
contractors.
• Pool of contractual trucks for the two sections should be different and trucks from one
section should not be allowed to move into the other section.
CISF personnel should be deputed at the exit point of manual section itself so as to identify and record
only manually loaded trips in the record book.
2.4 Manual loading of coal: A loss making option of Mining at the said OCP
• Viability of continuing the system of manual loading of coal at the said OCP had been
assessed by the finance department of the project. The finance department of the project
had concluded that company would have saved substantial amount of money during the
above referred period if the manually loaded quantity of coal was loaded by contractual
payloaders. Apart from the reduction in expenditure, non-deployment of about 300
persons in congested mine workings would have enhanced the safety status of mine
also.
a. In view of the above, it was suggested that:
• If possible, it was better to give fall back wages to loaders, than to deploy them on
Manual loading of coal.