Coal India ltd (CIl) is putting all its resources together to ensure its flagship subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) is able to transport more coal easily to its customers within and outside Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
Notably, the East West Corridor project from Gevra to Pendra in Chhattisgarh with a length of about 122 kms is being executed by Chhattisgarh East West Rail ltd (CEWRl) .
CEWRl is a joint venture company formed by South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) , IRCON and Chhattisgarh government.
The project had been undertaken for evacuation of coal from SECl’s Gevra-Korba coalfields.
The Union Ministry of Coal has assured CIl for getting Mand-Raigarh railway line project expedited to facilitate growth in offtake of coal from mines under SECl in Chhattisgarh.
Notably, the coal requirement for the proposed Super Thermal Plant of NTPC ltd at lara would be met from Talaipalli Coal Block of Mand in Raigarh Coalfields, officials stated. The lara plant of NTPC would be utilising super critical technology for power generation.
The power to be generated by upcoming project will be supplied to Chhattisgarh , Goa and Maharashtra states, officials stated. The project is most likely to go on stream by March 2017 .
Notably, CIl has recorded offtake of coal from its largest subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) at 124.34 million tonnes between April 2015 to February 2016.
The Central Government has also decided to transport coal above G10 level only after being washed from October 1, 2017. The decision is taken to tackle the quality issue of the coal produced.
In order to meet the rising demand, CIl has been setting up 15 new washeries with a total capacity of 112.6 million tonnes per annum.
Out of these washeries, six are Coking Coal washeries with total capacity of 18.6 million tonnes per annum and nine Non-Coking washeries of 94.0 million tonnes per annum. Apart from these, 3 washeries of 11.6 million tonnes per annum are under construction, officials stated.