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Govt to build 15 coal washries; to be operational by Sept 2017

Coal Ministry informed a Parliamentary panel that it will establish 15 coal washries, which will be made operational by September next year. At present, the country has 15 washries with a capacity 

The Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Coal Ministry met at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) to review the status of implementation of coal washeries and measures being taken for improvement of quality of coal by Coal India and its subsidiaries, Coal Ministry said.

The meeting, which was chaired by Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal, also included Coal Secretary Anil Swarup, Chairmans and Directors of CIL and NLC Ltd as well as senior officials from the Coal Ministry, it added.

"Members were informed that CIL (Coal India Ltd) has existing 15 washeries with capacity of 38 MTPA and as part of future plan CIL plans to build 15 new washeries for augmenting the demand of washed coal for energy needs and compliance of environmental regulations," it said.

These washeries will be built in two phases on Build-own Maintain and EPC contract on turnkey basis and would be operational by September 2017, the Ministry informed the members of the panel.

Source: moneycontrol