‘Rail projects coming up for quicker coal movement’

Two rail projects to facilitate faster movement of coal are expected to be completed in June and another rail link may get ready by 2017, Parliament was informed on Thursday. The three rail infrastructure projects are Tori-Shivpur Kathotia of CCL (Central Coalfields Ltd) in Jharkhand, East West & East Corridor of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) in Chhattisgarh and Jharsuguda Barpali of Mahanadi 

Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Odisha, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. 

“The likely completion of these rail projects is June 2016, December 2017 and June 2016, respectively,” he added. The projects, he said, have been taken up by Coal India (CIL) for capital outlay of Rs 8,579 crore.

“To realise the potential of the major coalfields namely, North Karanpura of CCL in Jharkhand, Mand Raigarh of SECL in Chhattisgarh and Ib-Talcher of MCL in Odisha, three major rail infrastructure projects have been taken up by CIL,” the minister said.