New Delhi, Oct 24 () State-owned CIL on Thursday said it will switch over to mechanised transportation of coal through piped conveyor belts in its large mines by 2023-24, replacing the existing road movement of the dry fuel.
Piped conveyor belt transportation is a covered system for movement of coal and thus promotes environment safety and prevents possible coal pilferage.
The system is already operational in some of the mines of Coal India Ltd (CIL), the company said in a statement.
This will be implemented in 35 of CIL’s coal projects each having production capacity of four million tonne per annum (MTPA) and above.
