Hyderabad, Sept. 22 -- Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, on Monday, September 22, announced the annual Dasara bonus of Rs 819 crore to Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) workers.

Nearly 41,000 SCCL employees will receive a bonus of Rs 1,95,610 each, and 30,000 contract workers will get Rs 5,500 each, the chief minister announced.

"SCCL generated a total revenue of Rs 6,394 crore this financial year. After setting aside Rs 4,034 crore for future expansion and other expenditures, the company made net profits of Rs 2,360 crore. The Dasara bonus amounts to 34 percent of the company's total profits," CM Revanth said.

He said that the Singareni workers had urged him to reclaim coal blocks allocated to private companies, and assu...