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New Delhi : Railways, Finance, Corporate Affairs and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO) Pipe Conveyor System for coal transportation from cluster of mines of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) on July 16, 2018.
The work commencement ceremony held at Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s Suresh Bhat Auditorium was also witnessed by Union Road Transport, Highways and Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis. Chairman Railway Board Ashwani Lohani and Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, were also present on the occasion.
The first Pipe Conveyor project of 6.3 km length is a dedicated system for Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station of MAHAGENCO by taking coal from Bhatadi OC mine, Chandrapur Area, and feeding to MGR at Padmapur.
The second project of around 20 km length will have five feeding Open Cast Mines of Nagpur Area of WCL namely Gondegaon, Kamptee, Inder, Bhanegaon and Singhori dedicated to Khaparkheda and Koradi Power Plants of Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd. (MSPGCL). This project is being carried out in two phases. On completion of this project, road transportation of coal will be stopped and 100 per cent coal production from these mines of WCL will be transported through Koradi & Khaperkheda Coal pipe conveyor, according to a PIB release.
The pipe conveyor system is a step in the direction of developing a modern, efficient and eco-friendly mode of coal transportation from mines of WCL to the Pit head Power stations of MAHAGENCO. Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd. has taken up the installation of Pipe Conveyor System through WCL acquired land. This dedicated coal transportation system will be first of its kind in Coal India Limited (CIL).