Coal India (CIL) arm North Eastern Coalfields (NEC) has said its mining operations in Tikak Open Cast Project (OCP), under Saleki Proposed Reserve Forest in Assam’s Digboi, is currently on hold and awaiting final approval from the Centre. The miner said it is in the process of complying with stipulations and conditions laid down by the National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change for mining coal in Tikak OCP.