He told the Lok Sabha that a number of important steps have been taken to augment and monitor coal dispatches to power plants
The coal block will feed state-owned NTPC's 1600 Mw super thermal power plant at Darlipalli near Sundargarh in Odisha.
A PIL in SC sought cancellation of Parsa East-Kante Basin coal blocks allocated to ParsaKente Collieries, where Adani Enterprises is MDO
The eight member-panel is chaired by the Coal Ministry's Advisor (Projects).
Verdicts in as many as 17 cases are pending for over a year
The three round of mines auction were held last year after the Supreme Court in 2014 cancelled the allotment of 204 coal blocks