NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways needs to almost double its coal transportation capacity from the current 660 million tonnes (MTs) per annum to 1,200 MTs by 2030 to meet the growing energy demand, a study by a research unit of the national transporter has said in its latest report.
The report prepared by the Traffic, Transportation and Business Research (TT&BR) Unit of railways has also recommended the construction of the two proposed East-West and East Coast Dedicated Freight corridors (DFCs) “be taken up on priority” to ensure the smooth flow of coal to the thermal plants. This comes at a time when the government is reviewing its plan to build more DFCs after nearing completion of Eastern and Western DFCs.
As per the report, the energy requirement is likely to increase to approximately 3,000 billion units (BU) by 2030.
