As a new beginning in the new year, NTPC Korba has successfully completed overhauling of 20 wagons.
In a ceremony held at MGR Workshop here on Monday, Prakash Tiwari, Group General Manager, NTPC Korba dedicated six wagons for supply of coal through MGR, a company press release informed.
It is to be stated here that overhauling of these wagons have been done in-house, resulting in lesser cost per wagon and ensuring better quality of service as compared to general practice of outsourcing the job to external agencies.
According to an estimate, the team will be able to complete overhauling of around 30 wagons every year by using departmental expertise.
While the cost of overhauling per wagon by any external agency varies from `1,50,000 to `2,50,000.
The in-house team of NTPC Korba has completed the job in less than `40,000 ensuring better quality and timeliness, according to an Engineer associated with the job. The station has a total of 215 wagons with 180 in use 24x7 basis and 35 in spare to handle any emergency.