GVK Coal (Tokisud) Company

GVK Coal (Tokisud) Company, a subsidiary of GVK, has been established to develop the Tokisud coal mine in Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand, India. The mine is located approximately 50 kilometres north-west of Ranchi City

The mine is to supply the Goindwal Sahib Thermal Power Plant, a 600 megawatt coal-fired power station owned by GVK which is currently under construction. GVK has lobbied for the the Punjab government to approve the expansion of the project by an additional 1,320 megawatts.

On its website GVK states the "Tokisud and Sereghara mine blocks have mine-able reserves of 52 million tonnes and 100 million tonnes respectively."

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