Coal India identifies 14 additional projects for ‘first mile connectivity’
Coal India has identified 14 additional projects involving capital expenditure of more than Rs 3,400 crore under the ‘first mile connectivity’ initiative to upgrade transport facility at mines, the state-run miner said on Monday.
The state-run miner is replacing road transport of coal from pitheads to despatch points with mechanised systems like conveyer belts to decrease the transportation time. It had announced 35 projects under the first phase of the initiative of which two are operational.
“Four coal companies of CIL (Coal India Ltd) together will infuse a tentative capital of over Rs 3,400 crore in these projects that have a total of 100.5 million tonnes/year capacity,” the company said in a statement.
