The company has secured supply of coal, the primary fuel for the project. The Ministry of Coal; Government of India has allotted Fatehpur East Coal Block jointly with four other companies. Pursuant to the joint venture agreement, the companies forming part of the JV have incorporated a company viz, Fatehpur East Coal Pvt. Ltd.”, the registered office of which is at “Vandanaa Bhawan” M.G.Road, Raipur. Terms of Reference (TOR) has been obtained from the concerned authority and all the clearances are under process.

FECPL has been incorporated with the express purpose of mining coal from the Fatehpur East Coal Block with an object of Captive Coal Mining for the End Use Projects. FECPL will supply coal to VVL and other JV partners in proportion to their equity shareholding. The total quantity of coal is estimated to be around 450 Million Tonnes and VVL share is 53.52 Million Tonnes.

FECPL has obtained data report from CMPDIL and started the initial working for preparation of Geological Report, Preparation of Mining Plan, Forest & Environmental clearances etc. FECPL has issued LoI to M/s Runge, Australia for the preparation of the mining plan and has appointed M/s SENES Consultants India Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata as the Environmental consultants for the project.

The Ministry of Coal, Government of India has granted Coal Linkage (Tapering) in the SLC - LT meeting dated 29.01.2010, for the 2 x 135 MW capacities which is considered under the 11th Plan of the Govt. of India. The Long Term Coal linkage for 1 x 270 MW (IIIrd Phase) is under consideration for the next SLC - LT meeting. The company has applied to the Ministry of Coal on 31st May 2010 for long term coal linkage for the IVth phase of 1 x 660 MW.