Ms. Vismita Tej, Jt. Secy, Coal Ministry visits MCL, inaugurates Balram Railway Siding in Talcher
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) today inaugurated a new Railway Siding at Talcher Coalfields in Odisha, would help enhance the coal despatch capacity of the company by about four million tonne per annum.
Odisha: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) today inaugurated a new Railway Siding at Talcher Coalfields in Odisha, which would help enhance the coal despatch capacity of the company by about four million tonne per annum.
Ms Vismita Tej, IRS, Joint Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Coal inaugurated Balram Railway Siding at Hingula Area in Talcher Coalfields by flagging off a coal-carrying rake from the Railway Siding.
This 10th Railway Siding in Talcher coalfields will help enhance coal despatch to the consumers by four million tonne in a year.
Ms. Tej, who was on an official visit to Talcher coalfields, also reviewed coal despatch through SILO, a First Mile Connectivity (FMC) project, at the Bharatpur Area.
MCL is committed to providing clean coal with minimum impact of the environment. In this regard, the company is implementing nine First Mile Connectivity projects to provide a pollution-free state-of-the-art rake loading system at a total expenditure of Rs 3,600 Crore. This will generate a capacity of 126 MT/Yr.
Ms. Tej also visited Kaniha open cast mine to inspect the mining operations
Mr. Baban Singh, Director (Technical/Projects & Planning), MCL, and Mr. Mukesh Choudhary, Director, Ministry of Coal, accompanied the Joint Secretary during her visit to Talcher coalfields.
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