Bilaspur (the states. news) In a major push to Coal evacuation from Mand-Raigarh Coalfields, first rake of Coal has been loaded from Gharghoda freight terminal of Chhattisgarh East Rail Limited(CERL) on 15th Nov 2021. The rake was despatched to Marwa Power House of Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company Limited (CSPGCL).
The Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited (CERL) is a subsidiary of SECL, a Mini Ratna Company under Coal India Limited. The project has approximate length of 130 kms of route length i.e main line from Kharsia to Dharamjaygarh , 3 feeder line and spur line from Gharghoda to Donga Mauha, thereby connecting mines of Gare-Pelma block. Kharsia to Dharamjaigarh Main Line (74 Km ) of the project has already been commissioned and balance is targeted to be Commissioned by 30.09.2022.
The Coal rake loading facility from Gharghoda freight terminal will generate loading potential to the tune of about 3 rakes per day.
CERL is being developed as Special Purpose Vehicle under PPP Model targeting coal evacuation from Mand-Raigarh Coalfields of SECL with a Capital outlay of around 3055 Crores. In the year 2019(Oct) operation of Goods train was started between Kharsia–Korichappar line of the Corridor. (For Hindi News : mediasaheb.com)
