On September 18, 2025, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, felicitated 75 coal mining workers with the SECL Vishwakarma Awards at its headquarters in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. This first edition of the awards recognized workers' dedication in mining operations, maintenance, supervisory, and allied roles. The event, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday and Vishwakarma Jayanti, was graced by Chief Guest Shri Tokhan Sahu, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, and Guest of Honour Shri Sushant Shukla, MLA Beltara, and presided over by Shri Harish Duhan, CMD, SECL. The event included a Swachhata Pledge, marking the launch of the Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign 2025, and a sapling plantation drive under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign. SECL also conducted SECL17: Vishwakarma Seva Sankalp, a one-day campaign across its ten operational districts in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, featuring seventeen welfare activities for workers, including health camps, awareness programs, and workshops. Contact for further information: Shuhaib T Durgesh Kumar, Release ID: 2168100.
Key Entities Referenced
South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL): A subsidiary of Coal India Limited, and the main organization hosting the event and awards.
SECL Vishwakarma Awards: Awards recognizing the work of coal mining workers.
Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign 2025: A cleanliness campaign launched at the event.
Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam: A plantation drive conducted as part of the event.
Chhattisgarh: The state where the SECL headquarters and a significant part of the activities are located.
Ministry of Coal
SECL Honours 75 Coal Workers on Occasion of
Prime Minister’s Birthday and Vishwakarma Jayanti
Swachhata Pledge administered under Swachhata
Hi Seva Campaign 2025
Posted On: 18 SEP 2025 4:45PM by PIB Delhi
South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a flagship subsidiary of Coal India Limited on the occasion of the
birthday of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Lord Vishwakarma Jayanti, felicitated 75 coal mining
workers with the SECL Vishwakarma Awards at a grand ceremony organised at its headquarters in Bilaspur,
Chhattisgarh. The first edition of SECL Vishwakarma Awards recognised the grit, dedication and exemplary
service of workers engaged in mining operations, maintenance, supervisory and allied roles across SECL
mines.
Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Tokhan Sahu graced the programme as Chief
Guest. MLA (Beltara) Shri Sushant Shukla was present as Guest of Honour. The event was presided over by
Shri Harish Duhan, CMD, SECL. Functional Directors, representatives of trade unions, HoDs, officers and
employees of SECL were present during the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Tokhan Sahu lauded SECL’s initiative of instituting the Vishwakarma Awards
on the auspicious occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti, coinciding with the birthday of the Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi.
To mark the occasion, dignitaries planted saplings under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign. The event
commenced with the administration of the Swachhata Pledge by the Chief Guest, which also marked the
launch of the Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign 2025, across SECL headquarters and operational areas.
As part of the celebrations, SECL also conducted a special one-day campaign titled “SECL-17: Vishwakarma
Seva Sankalp” across its ten operational districts in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The campaign featured
seventeen welfare activities for regular and contract workers, including health camps, blood donation, safety
and vigilance awareness programmes, financial and digital literacy workshops, plantation drives under Ek Ped
Maa Ke Naam, and de-addiction awareness initiatives. These activities reflected SECL’s continued
commitment to the welfare of workers, sustainable practices, and community development.***
Shuhaib T/ Durgesh Kumar
(Release ID: 2168100)