By Our Correspondent/Agencies
KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: The Congress leader Naveen Jindal owned Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, has bagged an order of 2,308 tonne head hardened rails from Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation for high-speed freight corridors and metro rail projects, sources said.
Part of USD 25 billion OP Jindal group, JSPL is the only player in India manufacturing head hardened rails.The company’s rail mill at its Raigarh plant in Chhattisgarh , has capacity of producing over 30,000 tonne of head hardened rail per month.The company’s Angul plant in Odisha, sources said, is about 210 kilometers from Paradip Port from where it is exporting billets, blooms, plates etc to these countries.
“We have got an order of 2,308 tonne head hardened rails of 1080 HH grade from KMRC. The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) (under Ministry of Railways) has also given its approval for manufacturing and supply of 60E1 grade and 1080 HH grade head hardened rail,” JSPL Managing Director VR Sharma said.
