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Coal India planning investments aggregating to Rs 14,000 crore towards first mile connectivity projects

13 Sep 2023

These projects involve transportation of coal in mechanised piped conveyors from production point to coal handling plants/silos with rapid loading system where coal is directly loaded onto rail wagons

A Staff Reporter Calcutta Published 13.09.23, 06:39 AM

Coal India on Tuesday said it is planning investments aggregating to Rs 14,000 crore towards the second and third phase of the first mile connectivity (FMC) projects.

These projects involve transportation of coal in mechanised piped conveyors from production point to coal handling plants/silos with a rapid loading system where coal is directly loaded onto rail wagons.

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The second and third phases include 9 and 17 projects respectively. While their respective evacuation capacities are 57 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) and 292 MTPA, the investments would be about Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 11,500 crore, respectively. The projects are spread across subsidiaries of the public sector miner.

Coal India (CIL) had identified 35 projects under the first phase having 414.5 MTPA capacity and investments worth Rs 10750 crore. Of these, eight projects of 112 MTPA capacity are already operational. Coal India said it is gearing up to commission 17 more projects of 178 MTPA by FY 2024 end. The rest 10 comprising 124.5 MTPA capacity are expected to be operative by FY 2025