New broad gauge rail lines in greenfield coal bearing areas have been planned, says Ministry
Four Railway projects are mapped in the National Master Plan (NMP) portal under ‘High Impact’ developments in Jharkhand and Odisha to facilitate movement of coal with rapid logistics and wider connectivity for all the commercial miners, Coal Ministry said on 2 June 2022.
The Ministry has also undertaken 13 Railway Projects to develop multimodal connectivity and identified missing infrastructure gaps for each project.
The Ministry has planned construction of new broad gauge rail lines in greenfield coal bearing areas while extending the rail links to newer loading points as well as doubling and tripling the rail lines in some cases to enhance rail capacity considerably.
The call for cleaner environment in coal transportation has given momentum in rail evacuation and also initiating new efforts to gradually move away from road movement of coal in country.
The Gati Shakti-Nation Master Plan for Infrastructure development, launched in October 2021, is to bring different Ministries together and for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity.
It will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various Ministries and State Governments and will also leverage technology extensively including spatial planning tools. fiinews.com
