The South East Central Railway (SECR) has achieved an average monthly loading of 7193 wagons per day, which is 611 wagons more than the corresponding period of last year and 196 wagons/day more than the target as on November 2015.
In terms of tonnage, SECR has achieved 14.69 MT (approx) which is 1.31 MT which is 10 per cent more than the corresponding period of last year and 0.50 MT more than the target, officials stated.
loading of 7193 wagons per day in November 2015 is the best ever monthly average loading achieved by SECR, surpassing the previous best of 7052 wagons/day achieved in March 2012
Coal loading was 5649 wagons per day which is 696 wagons which is 14 per cent more than the corresponding period of last year. Growth has been achieved from all coal loading segments.
loading of Raw Material to Steel Plant (RMSP) and Iron ore was 429 wagons per day which is 41 wagons which is 11 per cent more than the corresponding period of last year.
Notably, in June 2015, a ‘Concession Agreement’ was signed between South East Central Railway (SECR) and Chhattisgarh East Railway ltd (CERl) for development of East Rail Corridor.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup and Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and SECR General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi at the Mantralaya in Naya Raipur.
The agreement was signed between SECR’s Chief Traffic Project Manager A S Babu and CERl Chief Executive Officer (CEO) A K Vishwas.
Following the signing of the agreement, the work for the first phase of the Rail Corridor project from Kharsia to Dharamjaygarh spanning a distance of 74 kms will commence shortly.
The project cost of development of the Railway line between Korba to Kharsia is Rs 2,322 crore.
The agreement had been signed for development, management and operation of the Railway track for the East Corridor between SECR and CERl.
As per the agreement, there would be 50:50 revenue sharing between SECR and CERl on freight movement in the developed Rail line.
The CERl would develop and maintain the Rail line and SECR would manage freight and passenger transportation.
This is a significant project both for the Central government and Chhattisgarh government, Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said.
Notably, a joint venture company consisting of IRCON International limited, South Eastern Coalfields limited (SECl) and Chhattisgarh government had been formed to lay Railway tracks from Gevra Road to Pendra Road to facilitate movement of passengers as well as freight, primarily coal from Chhattisgarh.
About 121.828 hectare private land is to be acquired for the project . Besides about 52.277 hectare revenue land and about 37 hectare forest land would also be acquired for the project.
In June this year, a ‘Concession Agreement’ was also been signed between South East Central Railway (SECR) and Chhattisgarh East Railway ltd (CERl) for development of East Rail Corridor.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup and Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and SECR General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi at the Mantralaya in Naya Raipur.
The agreement was signed between SECR’s Chief Traffic Project Manager A S Babu and CERl Chief Executive Officer (CEO) A K Vishwas.
The South East Central Sector which includes Chhattisgarh is set to play a key role in Central government’s ambitious coal loading and transportation plans.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has also been signed recently between Ministry of Railways and Coal India limited (CIl) which will lead to procurement of 2000 wagons (33 rakes) in the first outgo, officials stated.
The agreement which will result into speedy supply of wagons for coal loading in dedicated circuits.
Initially, the rakes will be inducted and run in the 2 main coal loading Zones of Indian Railways i.e South East Central coal sector and East Coast circuit.
These rakes will be inducted in circuits for transporting coal from MCl Talcher & IB area and SECl to Paradip/Dharma ports, Vishakhapatnam area and the power houses of Nagpur/Raipur region.
Under this strategic partnership, the wagons will be procured by Indian Railways on behalf of CIl, the maintenance of these wagons will be done by Railways at its own cost. Also, the brake vans will be provided by Railways itself.
Coal India ltd is targeting production of 1 billion Tonnes of coal by 2020. Wagon availability will be a key factor for achieving this target by Coal India ltd. By signing of the MoU , the Railways and Coal India ltd will be entering into a strategic partnership which would ensure adequate wagon availability for meeting the transportation needs of coal produced by Coal India ltd.