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Posted: Jul 08 2018 (12:10)
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Jul 08 2018 (12:10) Photos: Linking Jharkhand coal mines to power plants on Tori-Shivpur Rail Line
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Construction workers labour at the Tori Siding on the Tori-Shivpur rail line, operated by Indian Railways and funded by Coal India Ltd., in Chandwa, Jharkhand. The...
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A man directs a front loader at the Tori Siding. The addition of the two mines is expected to add another 47 million tonne peak production capacity to CCL’s output, which stood at 67.6 million tonnes for financial year 2017-18.
A festoon seller sits on a bicycle as an excavator operates at the Tori Siding. The Railways earn revenue of Rs 100 crore for every 1 MT of coal transported to about 500 km. Even if 100 MT is to be transported by Tori-Shivpur, this railway line is expected to generate about Rs 10,000 crore per annum.
A JC Bamford Excavators Ltd. (JCB) front loader loads coal onto a freight wagon at the Tori Siding on the Tori-Shivpur rail line. Coal from North Karanpura mines will move through the Tori-Shivpur corridor to power generation plants at a distance of 200-300 kilometres and also much further away at 1,200kms to Punjab.
Freight wagons laden with coal sit at the Tori station on the Tori-Shivpur rail line. On completion of the complete stretch Tori-Shivpur-Kathotia rail line, around 100 MT of coal will be evacuated annually from North Karanpura Coalfield of Jharkhand.
Signage for Tori Junction stands as a locomotive passes through the Tori Siding. This railway line is also claimed to significantly reduce air pollution and the carbon foot print of the transportation process.