SMIPL designed, built and operates India's first AI-enabled Integrated Command and Control Centre for the coal industry — deployed for Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) and replicated for South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL). From open-cast pits to underground galleries, weighbridges to coal dispatch corridors, every layer is engineered for the operational reality of Indian mining.
Coal mining is high-dust, high-temperature, high-vehicular-traffic and round-the-clock. Cameras designed for office complexes fail within months. Generic system integrators don't understand weighbridge workflows, dispatch reconciliation, magazine compliance, or how operations look at the third shift on a Sunday. SMIPL has engineered every layer of its coal-mining surveillance practice from the inside out — at WCL Nagpur HQ and SECL Bilaspur HQ, alongside coal industry operators, not against them.
Long-range thermal and PTZ cameras for pit-edge perimeter — engineered for dust, heavy haulage vibration, and the wide thermal swings of Central Indian summers and winters. IP66/IP67 housings, vandal-resistant mounts, redundant fibre backhaul.
Intrinsically safe and explosion-resistant camera options for underground galleries, conveyor belts and incline shafts. Integration with mine ventilation, gas monitoring and statutory CMPDI requirements where applicable.
Dual-direction ANPR at colliery gates and weighbridges. Per-truck audit trail — entry, weigh, load, weigh, exit. Reconciliation with dispatch ERP. AI flagging of short-loads, route deviations, unauthorised stops and weighbridge tampering.
24×7 surveillance of explosives magazines per DGMS and PESO compliance. Tamper-detection, intrusion alerting, dual-authentication entry logs, time-locked access windows. Audit trails admissible for statutory inspections.
Up to 10 concurrent analytics types per camera — PPE detection (helmets, vests), idle-time at coal faces, intrusion, smoke and fire, ANPR, vehicle counting, wrong-way detection, loading-state recognition and crowd alerts. Models tuned to mine-specific workflows.
Full ICCC build — video walls, GIS-overlaid dashboards, escalation workflows, multi-shift manning. Federation of CCTV, vehicle telematics, weighbridge data, dispatch ERP, environmental sensors and operations into a single command view.
SMIPL is the only EPC engineering partner in India to have designed and operated two independent AI-enabled Integrated Command and Control Centres within the Coal India Limited group — at Western Coalfields and South Eastern Coalfields.
Generic CCTV vendors install cameras. Coal-specialist integrators understand what the cameras need to see — and what the operator at 3 AM in the third shift actually does with that view.
Multi-layered AI analytics across dispatch yards, weighbridges and exit gates. Per-truck audit trail with anomaly flagging — short-loads, route deviation, weighbridge tampering, unauthorised stops.
ANPR · AI · ReconciliationReal-time alerts for missing safety helmets, hi-vis vests and protective equipment at active coal faces. Calibrated to DGMS and statutory mine safety standards.
Mine Safety · DGMSAI-monitored idle-time at loading points, conveyor faces and dispatch stations. Operations dashboards quantifying productivity gaps shift-on-shift.
Productivity · Ops Analytics24×7 monitoring of explosives storage with PESO and DGMS-compliant logging. Tamper detection, dual-authentication entry and audit-grade evidence trails.
PESO · DGMS · ComplianceLong-range thermal and PTZ surveillance of mine perimeters. AI-driven intrusion detection that distinguishes wildlife, vehicles and human movement — reducing false-alarm fatigue.
Perimeter · Intrusion AIIntrinsically safe camera deployment in underground operations. Integration with conveyor systems, ventilation, and statutory monitoring requirements.
Underground · ConveyorsCoal mining sites span open-cast pits, underground galleries, dispatch corridors, weighbridges and command rooms — each demanding different optical, thermal and environmental characteristics. SMIPL's authorised partner stack across eight major CCTV brands ensures every camera placement uses the right hardware for its environment, not whatever a single vendor pushes.
All brand names referenced are the property of their respective owners. SMIPL holds active Authorised Partner relationships in line with each manufacturer's India channel programme. Brand selection per coal mining project is governed by the deployment environment, statutory compliance and tender specification — not channel margin.
Reference deployments at WCL and SECL — not slideware, not pilots. Both operate today under multi-year SLAs. This is the rarest credential in Indian coal mining surveillance procurement.
Civil, networking, hardware, software, AI, command rooms, operations — owned end-to-end by one engineering partner. Coal procurement teams have one contract, one number to call, one accountable counterparty.
Documentation calibrated to DGMS, CMPDI, PESO and CIL group standards. ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013. MSME recognised, GeM-listed. Tender-grade audit trails as a default, not an afterthought.
Eight CCTV brand authorisations and seven networking brand authorisations means SMIPL chooses the right hardware for each pit, conveyor, gate or magazine — rather than locking the buyer into a single OEM's price list.
Three-shift manned operations at both reference ICCCs. Operator training, escalation matrices, runbooks, on-site engineering presence and continuous AI tuning — for the full operating life of the deployment.
Coal mining procurement typically follows GeM, CPPP or direct nomination routes. SMIPL's engineering team works directly with project officers, operations heads and IT departments — no call centres, no middle layers.
Compliance matrix mapped to the tender specification. Technical clarifications drafted within 5–7 working days.
Engineering walkthrough of pits, dispatch yards, weighbridges, magazines and command rooms. Camera placement, network topology and AI workload mapping documented.
Itemised BOQ with manufacturer-list pricing. Architecture diagrams. DGMS / CMPDI / PESO compliance matrix. Tender-grade documentation.
Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning rolled out by mining area. Live testing under operational load before each handover.
Command centre buildout — video walls, operator consoles, GIS dashboards, federation of all sub-systems. Operator training and runbook handover.
Multi-year manned operations under documented uptime SLA. AI model tuning, technology refresh, quarterly performance reviews. Long-term partnership by design.
SMIPL is the engineering partner behind India's first AI-enabled Integrated Command and Control Centre for the coal industry — deployed at Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) Nagpur, the parent Coal India Group subsidiary. We followed this with an independent ICCC for South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) at Bilaspur, covering Gevra and Kusmunda — the world's 2nd and 3rd largest coal mines by output. The WCL ICCC was reviewed by the Hon'ble Coal Minister.
Open-cast and underground mine perimeter surveillance, AI-driven coal dispatch vehicle tracking, weighbridge ANPR automation, magazine and explosives storage monitoring, PPE compliance analytics, idle-time detection at coal faces, vehicle counting, intrusion detection, and full Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) builds federating all sub-systems. Most deployments include 24×7 manned operations under multi-year SLA.
SMIPL has executed two flagship engagements within the Coal India Group — WCL and SECL. SMIPL is also a recognised MSME, GeM-listed vendor, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified — meeting standard procurement requirements for Coal India Limited subsidiaries and other PSU coal entities.
Coal mining demands ruggedised, dust-resistant cameras with IP66+ housings, IR illumination for night and underground use, and weatherproof PTZs for open-cast pits. SMIPL is an authorised partner for Honeywell, Bosch, Hanwha, Axis, CP Plus, Hikvision, Dahua and Sparsh — and selects per-site based on the deployment environment, networking constraints and tender specification.
Yes. WCL and SECL ICCC deployments operate 24×7 under three-shift manned rosters with documented uptime SLAs (typically 6-year terms). SMIPL provides operator training, escalation matrices, runbooks and on-site engineering presence. We also handle continuous AI model tuning and analytics calibration for evolving coal mining workflows.
Multi-layered AI analytics on coal dispatch yards detect anomalies — short-loaded trucks, route deviations, weighbridge tampering, unauthorised stops, and shift-time loading patterns. Combined with ANPR at gates and weighbridges, the system creates an audit trail per truck per dispatch. WCL and SECL deployments have demonstrated material reductions in dispatch losses through this approach.
An ICCC for coal mining is a unified physical and digital command centre that federates CCTV, GIS mapping, vehicle tracking, weighbridge data, dispatch records, environmental sensors and operations dashboards into one operational view. The WCL ICCC built by SMIPL covers 10 mining areas across Central India and was India's first AI-enabled ICCC for the coal sector.
Yes — SMIPL is a full-stack EPC contractor. Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and multi-year Operations & Maintenance. Site survey, BOQ, civil works, networking, panel fabrication, camera installation, AI integration, command room buildout, operator training, SLA-backed manned operations. Single-point accountability across all layers.
Share your tender, scope of work or site requirements. SMIPL's coal-mining engineering team will respond with a site-survey plan, compliance matrix and preliminary BOQ within 72 hours. All enquiries route directly to leadership — no call centres, no middle layers.
