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Friday, 9 March 2018
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19:22
Tori – Balumath Rail Line & Balumath-CCL siding dedicated to the nation
Tori – Balumath Rail Line & Balumath-CCL siding dedicated to the nation
Minister of State of Railways & Communications, Shri Manoj Sinha today dedicated to the nation the Tori-Balumath rail line and Balumath-CCL Siding. Flagging off the train through Virtual Conferencing from Rail Bhavan today, Shri Manoj Sinha said “need for streamlining transportation of nearly 170 million tonnes/per day of Coal had been felt for long from Jharkhand’s Latihar region. Since 2005-06, the Tori-Shivpuri 44 km new railway line had been approved. Till 2013-14 the progress was quite slow and only Rs. 145 Crore could be spent. Subsequent to its inclusion in Hon’ble Prime Minister’s PRAGATI portal, the project work was fast-tracked and as a result, 19.3 km Tori-Balumath section has been completed with an expenditure of about Rs. 1063 Crore. The revised sanctioned cost of this project is 1589 crore rupees. Out of this stretch today the 19.3 km run from Tori to Balumuth has been commissioned due to the sincere commitment of Ministry of Railways and Jharkhand Government”.
The Tori-Shivpur new line (44.0 Km) is being constructed primarily for coal evacuation from Amrapali and Magadh coal mines of Latehar and Chatra districts of Jharkhand. This area has huge coal deposit. Between Tori to Balumath there are 3 stations, 5 major bridges, 7 ROBs and 39 minor bridges. As per initial estimate, CIL proposed to evacuate total 80 rakes of coal daily work from various coal blocks. Two sidings are being developed by CIL to connect Amrapali and Magadh coal mines to rail net work.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister congratulated the officers of the East Central Railway and particularly the engineers of the construction wing who helped complete the construction despite challengers of the difficult geographical terrain. The Tori-Shivpur rail line project is funded by Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) - a coal producing subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL).
Commissioning of Tori-Balumath rail line and Balumath-CCL Siding will help to evacuate 5 to 6 rakes of coal everyday in first phase which will result in annual offtake of 6-7 million tonne (MT). 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.
CCL, with active support from central & state governments, has commissioned many long pending projects in the last 4 years. This includes two mega coal mining projects viz. Magadh OCP and Amrapali OCP.
Source:PIBNEWS
Saturday, 4 February 2017
Coal
08:32
Coal imports by India to go end in next few years
Coal imports by India to go end in next few years
A 25% drop in imports in 2016 leads minister to declare independence from foreign coal
India’s energy minister has pledged to end India’s imports of coal within a few years.
On Wednesday, Piyush Goyal tweeted the news that India’s imports had dropped by a quarter in 2016 and said the country “aims to eliminate coal dependency in the next few years”.2
The import drop comes as state-owned Coal India ramps up domestic production, despite the government drawing back on a short-lived billion tonne per year target in September last year due to slack demand.
The news will hearten campaigners in Australia who oppose the building of a massive new coal mine by Indian company Adani. The economics of the Carmichael mine have been justified by claims of sustained demand in India. The Australian government has pledged $1bn to support the mine.
But the minister’s pledge does not include imports made by private companies, according to Swati Dsouza, associate fellow at Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute. Adani has its own fleet of coal power stations in India that it could seek to supply.
“This is regarding the government of India imports and not directly related to Adani’s coal mine. Indirectly it may impact coal imports from the Adani mine due to higher availability of domestic coal and therefore lack of other consumers,” she said.
Goyal was also championing India’s clean energy ambitions this week, telling a renewable energy conference that presidential developments in the US would not forestall the country’s progress.
“Irrespective of what other countries do or do not do, India stands committed to being part of green energy,” he said.
Source:Climate Change News
Energy Management System
08:21
Coal and oil demand ‘could peak in 2020’
Coal and oil demand ‘could peak in 2020’
Solar power and electric vehicles will wreak havoc on the energy sector, say analysts from Carbon Tracker and Grantham Institute, in contrast to rosy industry forecasts
Fossil fuel giants are vastly underestimating the disruptive power of solar panels and electric cars, which could see coal and oil demand peak by 2020.
That is the conclusion of a report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative and Grantham Institute published on Thursday.
Energy companies pursuing business as usual are in for a rude awakening, by this analysis, with many mines and oil fields likely to become surplus to requirements.
Based on dramatic cost reductions in recent years, the model foresees these two technologies taking a 10% chunk of market share from carbon majors in a decade. That may not sound like much, but was enough to devastate the US coal sector.
“If people are just waiting on policy to happen, they could get bitten by clean technology coming up behind them,” said James Leaton, an author of the report.
Solar panel costs have fallen 85% in the past seven years and car battery costs 73%. Despite these advances, the traditional energy companies continue to forecast linear growth at best.
BP predicts electric cars will make up 6% of the market by 2035. Carbon Tracker reckons a third is feasible.
Exxon Mobil expects all renewables to supply 11% of electricity in 2040. Carbon Tracker says solar alone could produce 23%.
It is not enough to meet the Paris Agreement upper limit on global warming of 2C, but bends the curve to 2.4-2.7C, compared to 3-4C under industry scenarios. Policies targeting other sectors would bring the international climate goal within reach.
Source:Climate Home
Friday, 24 June 2016
Transportation of goods
07:27
Ministry of Railways organizes an interactive seminar with major industries and stakeholders of Indian Railways freight business.
Ministry of Railways organizes an interactive seminar with major industries and stakeholders of Indian Railways freight business.
An interactive seminar with major industries and stakeholders of Indian Railways freight business was organized here today i.e. on 23rd June, 2016. The theme of the seminar was “LOOKING BEYOND COAL-GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR RAILWAYS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT”. Keeping in view the importance of freight business, the seminar was specially addressed by Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister of Railways and Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of state for Railways. The seminar was chaired by Shri Mohd. Jamshed, Member Traffic, Railway Board. This has been an unprecedented initiative of Ministry of Railways as it seeks increase in its freight business.
Addressing the interactive session, Minister of Railway Shri Suresh Prabhu said that Indian Railways is making all out efforts to boost its freight traffic. The Minister pointed out that directions have been given to the traffic department of Railways to intensely interact with the freight business representatives and understand their problems and try to address them. Shri Suresh Prabhu said that Railway officers both at zonal level and divisional level are reaching out to customers and chasing them with a view to increase Railway’s freight business. He said that Railways is focusing on non-coal traffic also in a big way and this seminar is discussing strategies for the same. He said that integrated accounting reforms are now underway in Indian Railway system. Shri Suresh Prabhu pointed out that transparency in the Railway functioning has been given top priority and the entire tender process has been made online. He said that Indian Railways is working on ERP Software system which has been rated by some agencies as the largest such project anywhere in the world. He said that emphasis is also being given on accountability. He said that the steps have also been initiated to tap non-fare revenue in a big way and a separate directorate has been set up for handling this subject exclusively. Referring to the recently launched time tabled train of CONCOR, The Railway Minister said that more such time tabled freight trains will be run in future. The Railway Minister also informed that the Indian Railways is forming joint venture companies with different state governments which will further help in proliferating Railway Infrastructure across the nation.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of state for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha said that Railways is going to make all out efforts to increase its freight loading and hence its freight revenue. He said that it is always useful to maintain a two - way dialogue between Railway administration and Railway customers as it leads to better policy formulation.
Member Traffic, Railway Board Shri Mohd. Jamshed made a detailed presentation regarding the initiatives taken by the Ministry of Railways to attract traffic and the action plan for meeting the future challenges.
Salient Feature of the Presentation made by Member Traffic:
· A number of initiatives have been taken for capacity development- Lines and Terminals by MOR. Details are as under-
·Total investment of Rs. 8.56 lakh Cr planned (2015-19)
· Review of Siding policy – simplified procedure, Timelines for projects, Reduced overheads, Online monitoring of progress.
·Additional Terminals: Under Mission hundred, 62 sidings/PFTs targeted to be commissioned during the current year.
·A number of initiatives have been taken by MOR towards rationalising the tariff structure and also facilitating smaller cargo transportation by rail. Details are as under:-
·Introduction of New Delivery Models – Inter-modal – ‘Roadrailer service’ and Ro-Ro, dwarf double stack.
·Port Congestion Charge-@ 10% on all traffic originating from Ports discontinued w.e.f. 13/04/2016.
·Busy Season Surcharge of 15% on basic freight removed w.e.f 01.05.2016 (upto 30.06.2016.)
·All covered wagons opened for loading of Two-Point / Multi Point Destination.
·Mini Rake Loading – Distance restriction eased – 400 kms to 600 kms (w.e.f. 15/03/2016)
·Elimination of Dual Freight policy for Export Iron Ore w.e.f. 09/05/2016.
·New Delivery Model – Introduction of Ro-Ro Service between Bihta and Turki on across Digha Bridge (25-5-16)
·Time-Tabled Freight Service – Container Train between Delhi-Whitefield in 70 hrs – ‘Cargo Express’ (15-6-16)
·Logistics Plan kept in abeyance w.e.f. 17-6-16- Now Eastern Ports can receive coal for Central Indian Power Plants.
·Key Customer Managers have been appointed for each commodity segment.
Source:PIBNEWS
Thursday, 16 April 2015
Odisha
16:41
Odisha Rail Project for Coal likely to completed by 2017: Coal India Ltd
Odisha Rail Project for Coal likely to completed by 2017: Coal India Ltd
New Delhi: Coal India today said the critical Jharsuguda-Barpali railway link project in Odisha to facilitate faster transportation of coal is likely to be completed by 2017.
However, coal connectivity line in Tori-Shivpur-Kathautia Area in North Karanpura, Jharkhand will take time, Coal India Director Technical N Kumar told reporters here.
“The soonest which we can expect is Odisha one (Jharsuguda-Barpali railway line in IB Valley, Odisha). In 2017 we expect the line to be completed,” he said, adding that “I think Tori-Shivpur (rail line) will definitely take time due to problems like land acquisition in Jharkhand.”
He further said that the country’s coal import till January in 2014-15 was 172 million tonnes.
Coal Secretary Anil Swarup had earlier said that the 53-km-long Jharsuguda-Barpali railway link was significant as it would connect most of the coal mines in Odisha.
The Jharsuguda-Barpali Rail link project is a part of the three inter-state rail corridor projects proposed by CIL, which are dedicated to coal evacuation in areas of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
The Rs 4.7 billion Jharsuguda-Barpali railway link project was announced in January 2006 by the CIL to link its Ib Valley coal fields in Odisha.
The government had earlier said it will expedite the construction of three critical rail, including Bhupdeopur-Raigarh-Mand Area in Chhattisgarh– to facilitate faster transportation of coal to power plants, thereby helping in bringing nearly 100 million tonnes of incremental traffic to Railways.
Monday, 11 August 2014
Rail lines to carry coal may take time, make alternate plan: Goyal asks CIL
Rail lines to carry coal may take time, make alternate plan: Goyal asks CIL
New Delhi: Stating that the completion of three critical rail lines may take considerable time, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal has asked state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) for an alternate action plan to meet the demand of coal projected on year-on-year basis.
“Minister of Power and Coal expressed that the three critical railway lines required to be constructed in different coalfields have been taken up with Minister of Railways who assured to extend support, but it is likely to take considerable time,” said an official source.
The official further added that “he (the minister) directed (CIL) to submit an alternate action plan for meeting the demand for coal projected on year-on-year basis”.
CIL and the CMDs of its subsidiaries recently shared with the minister their concern about some of the virgin coalfields being unable to operate in the absence of adequate evacuation system either through road or rail.
