SAIL-Bhilai chugs first rake of 260-metre-long rail panels in Chhattisgarh
Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), the Chhattisgarh-based arm of state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has dispatched the first 260-meter panel rake from the Flash Butt Welding Plant (FBWP) at Sabarmati in Gujarat.
“The project was taken up in response to the increased demand from Indian Railways for 260-metre-long welded rail panels,” the BSP said in a statement. Doing so will augment long rail panel supplies from Universal Rail Mill (URM) and Rail and Structural Mill (RSM) of BSP.
