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