By Our Correspondent
ANGUL/BHUBANESWAR: Mahanadi Coalfields, one of the subsidiaries of Coal India Limited Under the Union Coal Minisry, inaugurated its 10th railway siding at Talcher Coalfields in Odisha. Balram Railway Siding at Hingula Area was dedicated to the nation by Vismita Tej, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal. The Railway Siding will help enhance despatch of #coal to consumers from Talcher Coalfields in #Odisha.
The CIL said it will enhance the deptach capacity of the mine to 4 mtpa.CIL is currently increasing the capacity of two key rail lines — Jharsuguda-Sardega in Odisha and Tori-Shivpur in Jharkhand.
Along with this, it is also planning to construct the Shivpur-Kathautia rail link through a joint venture for transporting coal through the Kathautia-Koderma circuit in Jharkhand.
A Sardega-Pelma line of about 30 kms is proposed to be constructed through a new rail joint venture. CIL said this will enhance integrated coal evacuation arrangements for both Mand-Raigarh and Basundhara coalfields in Odisha.
Tej also visited Kaniha open cast mine to inspect the mining operations. 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.
MCL had surpassed all its previous records by achieving the highest ever production of 148.01 million tonne (MT) and the highest ever coal despatch of 146 MT with a record over-burden removal of 174.5 million cubic meters (MCuM) setting a strong foundation for making Coal India achieve target of one billion production by 2024.
Besides ensuring energy security to the nation, the company is actively contributing with the state government in fight against COVID19 pandemic.
MCL enjoys being the top company in Odisha contributing under CSR. In the year ended March 31, 2021, the company had spent Rs 193 crore under CSR, achieving 14.5 % growth over its target of Rs 168.44 crore for Financial Year 2020-21.
