Coal Ministry floats note to CCI for timely finish of 3 key rail links
11 Jan 2014 12:37 AM GMT
The move is aimed at helping Coal India increase its output. CIL has been drawing flak from various quarters for missing production targets.
'Regarding critical rail infrastructure projects another Cabinet Committee on Investment note to work out detailed timelines in regard to the completion of each of these critical projects has been circulated by Ministry of Coal,' said a source.
The three railways lines include Tori-Shivpur-Kathautia (Hazaribagh) BG triple line for the North Karanpura coalfield (CCL Jharkhand), and Jharsuguda-Barpalli BG double line for IB Valley coalfield (MCL, Odisha). These projects are getting delayed mainly on account of forest clearance and land acquisition issues, sources said.
They added that in respect of the railway projects, meetings have been held with chief secretaries of the states concerned. A meeting was also held between Coal Secretary and Jharkhand Chief Secretary, on the issue of Tori-Shivpur railway line. However, Railways have not yet indicated timelines for the completion of the project. Specific timelines need to be furnished by the Ministry of Railways, sources said.
The CCI had considered the issue last year. During that CCI meeting it was decided that the Ministry of Railways should deploy additional manpower and other resources to ensure completion of Tori-Shivpur Kathautia Railway line by March, 2015.
'In respect of Jharsuguda-Barpalli-Sardega Railway line, the committee underlined the need for effective liaising with the government of Odisha for expeditious action on the proposals relating to land acquisition and forest clearance for the 27 km stretch and for completion of the entire line by December, 2014,' a Coal Ministry source said.
'So far as Bhupdevpur-Korichnapur-Dharamjaigargh Railway line is concerned, the Ministry of Railways will finalise and indicate the specific timelines for completion of the project for information of the Committee (CCI),' the source added.
It was also decided that while the projects may continue to be monitored through the existing mechanisms, a status report on these projects be brought before CCI once in three months.
To monitor the implementation of critical railway projects, an Inter-Ministerial Committee had been constituted under the chairmanship of Chairman Railway Board with secretaries of Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Power and Ministry of Environment and Forests as members. Three meetings of the IMC were held in 2013.
Coal India plans new invites from importers for power plant needs
NEW DELHI: State-owned Coal India Limted (CIL) will once again invite fresh applications from interested entities for importing coal that would be supplied to power plants under fuel supply agreements as the earlier tender floated by the PSU elicit no response.
'We will float a fresh tender anytime...There was no response to the the tender floated earlier as the potential people (the public sector undertakings like State Trading Corporation, MMTC) because of some apprehensions expressed by them,' Coal India Chairman and Managing Director
S Narsing Rao said.
Rao said the company intends to import five million tonnes (MT) of coal to meet the shortfall against deliveries under fuel supply agreements (FSAs). Coal India Limted had for the first time invited
the applications with regard to coal import in November, 2013 which closed last month.
'(Coal India Limted invites) NIT (notice inviting tender) for selection of agency from government department or government owned company or public sector entity for supply of imported coal to purchaser (power producers) at delivery point (power plant end),' the company said on its website.
The company had said that the agency will supply coal to various power plant across the country till March 2015. 'The successful bidder shall procure imported coal through tendering for the quantity required for each quarter separately,' Coal India said.
Coal India had said in September last year said that it is likely to import 15 million tonnes of coal for power utilities as part of meeting the FSA commitment.
According to the new FSA, Coal India will supply 65 per cent of the contracted amount from domestic sources and another 15 per cent through imports with pass-on pricing model.
'Regarding critical rail infrastructure projects another Cabinet Committee on Investment note to work out detailed timelines in regard to the completion of each of these critical projects has been circulated by Ministry of Coal,' said a source.
The three railways lines include Tori-Shivpur-Kathautia (Hazaribagh) BG triple line for the North Karanpura coalfield (CCL Jharkhand), and Jharsuguda-Barpalli BG double line for IB Valley coalfield (MCL, Odisha). These projects are getting delayed mainly on account of forest clearance and land acquisition issues, sources said.
They added that in respect of the railway projects, meetings have been held with chief secretaries of the states concerned. A meeting was also held between Coal Secretary and Jharkhand Chief Secretary, on the issue of Tori-Shivpur railway line. However, Railways have not yet indicated timelines for the completion of the project. Specific timelines need to be furnished by the Ministry of Railways, sources said.
The CCI had considered the issue last year. During that CCI meeting it was decided that the Ministry of Railways should deploy additional manpower and other resources to ensure completion of Tori-Shivpur Kathautia Railway line by March, 2015.
'In respect of Jharsuguda-Barpalli-Sardega Railway line, the committee underlined the need for effective liaising with the government of Odisha for expeditious action on the proposals relating to land acquisition and forest clearance for the 27 km stretch and for completion of the entire line by December, 2014,' a Coal Ministry source said.
'So far as Bhupdevpur-Korichnapur-Dharamjaigargh Railway line is concerned, the Ministry of Railways will finalise and indicate the specific timelines for completion of the project for information of the Committee (CCI),' the source added.
It was also decided that while the projects may continue to be monitored through the existing mechanisms, a status report on these projects be brought before CCI once in three months.
To monitor the implementation of critical railway projects, an Inter-Ministerial Committee had been constituted under the chairmanship of Chairman Railway Board with secretaries of Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Power and Ministry of Environment and Forests as members. Three meetings of the IMC were held in 2013.
Coal India plans new invites from importers for power plant needs
NEW DELHI: State-owned Coal India Limted (CIL) will once again invite fresh applications from interested entities for importing coal that would be supplied to power plants under fuel supply agreements as the earlier tender floated by the PSU elicit no response.
'We will float a fresh tender anytime...There was no response to the the tender floated earlier as the potential people (the public sector undertakings like State Trading Corporation, MMTC) because of some apprehensions expressed by them,' Coal India Chairman and Managing Director
S Narsing Rao said.
Rao said the company intends to import five million tonnes (MT) of coal to meet the shortfall against deliveries under fuel supply agreements (FSAs). Coal India Limted had for the first time invited
the applications with regard to coal import in November, 2013 which closed last month.
'(Coal India Limted invites) NIT (notice inviting tender) for selection of agency from government department or government owned company or public sector entity for supply of imported coal to purchaser (power producers) at delivery point (power plant end),' the company said on its website.
The company had said that the agency will supply coal to various power plant across the country till March 2015. 'The successful bidder shall procure imported coal through tendering for the quantity required for each quarter separately,' Coal India said.
Coal India had said in September last year said that it is likely to import 15 million tonnes of coal for power utilities as part of meeting the FSA commitment.
According to the new FSA, Coal India will supply 65 per cent of the contracted amount from domestic sources and another 15 per cent through imports with pass-on pricing model.
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