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By Jomy Jos Pullokaran Dec 29, 2022 5:22:08 PM IST (Published)
With this link, coal evacuation from Talcher coalfields will receive a major boost, and now Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) can increase its daily despatches of coal to its consumers by about 40,000 tonnes, or 10 rakes.
Constructed at a cost of Rs 300 crore, a 14-km long Angul-Balram rail link was inaugurated by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Thursday, December 29. With this link, coal evacuation from Talcher coalfields will receive a major boost, and now Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) can to increase its daily despatchs of coal to the consumers by about 40,000 tonnes.
The rail link will enable MCL to despatch coal by 10 more rakes daily.