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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.
