NEW DELHI : In what will help supply fuel to coal fueled power projects, a key railway link for moving coal from Chattisgarh mines has become operational, according to state owned Coal India Ltd (CIL).
“A 44-km long new railway line in Chhattisgarh under East Rail Corridor from Kharsia to Korichapar turned operational on 12th October which enables evacuation of coal from Mand-Raigarh and Korba coalfields of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), the largest coal producing subsidiary of Coal India Limited,” CIL, the world’s largest coal miner said in a statement.
The critical rail link is part of the government’s plan of improving India’s coal connectivity and will help add incremental freight traffic to the railways.
