After eight years, a freight train carrying coal from Pachwara Central coal mine in Jharkhand will reach Ropar Thermal Plant in Punjab on Friday. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will receive the first train in Ropar.
“With the operation of the coal mine, there will be an annual saving of about Rs 600 crore for 70 lakh tonnes of coal mined from Pachwara in comparison to coal from Coal India Ltd (CIL). Savings shall increase further when the use of Pachwara coal is allowed for Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura thermal plants and more than 70 lakh tonnes of coal is mined. Also, Punjab would not face any shortage of coal in future.
