The South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) will be setting up ‘Integrated Vehicle Tracking System’ to monitor movement of coal from all its mining blocks.
It will also be setting up IP based Radio Networking System for integration of road weighbridges.
Notably, Coal India ltd (CIl) is putting all its resources together to ensure its flagship subsidiary SECl is able to transport more coal easily to its customers, 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 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 ensured 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 said.
The project is most likely to go on stream by March 2017.
Notably, CIl has decided to set up washeries in its various subsidiaries to reduce the quantity of ash and other not useful component from coal so as to make it competitive in comparison to imported coal across the country. It may be recalled that NTPC is expected to commence coal production from Talaipalli block in Raigarh district by November 2019, official sources informed.
The company had been granted bridge linkage for seeking coal supply from the Talaipalli block by the Union Coal Ministry. The scheduled date of start of coal production from the coal block as per the Coal Mines Development and Production Agreement is financial year 2019-20.