State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) will be switching over to mechanised transport of coal through piped conveyor belts in its large mines by 2023-24. This will replace the existing road movement of the dry fuel.
The system will be implemented in 35 of its coal projects, each having production capacity of four million tonne per annum (MTPA) and above.
According to a statement issued by CIL, the system is already operational in some of the mines.
Piped conveyor belt transportation refers to a covered system of coal movement of coal and is said to environment friendly. It also prevents pilferage. This initiative involves setting up of coal handling plants with silos having rapid loading systems, which will have benefits like crushing, sizing of coal, quicker and quality coal loading.
