Coal India ramps up daily despatching capacity to Maharashtra and Gujarat
Coal India last week operationalised a 44-km long railway track in Chhattisgarh, using the East Rail Corridor to strengthen its daily despatching capability to Maharashtra and Gujarat.
The track from Kharsia to Korichapar Chhattisgarh coal transport from Mand-Raigarh and Korba coalfields of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), the largest coal producing subsidiary of Coal India Limited.
The East Rail Corridor was developed by Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited (CERL), which is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) between SECL, the Chhattisgarh government and IRCON International Limited with Rs. 3,055 crore allotted for laying down a 136 km rail line in Kharsia to Korichapar and then furher to Dharamjaygarh and Korba.
