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Trade & Labour Unions Industry & Economy - Coal Activities at Talcher mines at a standstill
Iron ore movement on Kirandul-Kottavalsa line limps back to normal following restoration of electricity On average, 10-12 rakes a day move along the route About 45 rakes, 120 locomotives are deployed on the circuit Our Bureau Kolkata, June 16 The road movement as well as rake loading of coal at Talcher mines under Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd have remained suspended following strike by workers employed by private transport contractors. As a result, the road movement of coal from the mines to rail heads and the loading of coal wagons at the rail heads are not being undertaken. An estimated 1.5 lakh tonnes of coal stock lying at the railheads too could not be loaded as the operators of pay-loaders, used for loading the wagons, have also joined the strike. Right now, about 24-25 rakes are loaded every day at Talcher mines. Not a single rake could be loaded on Monday. East Coast Railway (ECoR) is clearly in a fix, even more so because many of the power houses in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh dependent on Talcher coal have already started voicing their concern. There was no movement of coal to Paradip port on Monday for shipments either to Tamil Nadu Electricity Board or to APGENCO, the Andhra Pradesh power generating utility. Inquiries with Paradip port, however, reveal that ship loading will continue as long as there will be ground stocks of coal. However, there will be problems if the strike persists for long. ECoR therefore is mulling to load wagons at Ib Valley mines and transport coal from there, even if it means haulage over a longer distance. Meanwhile, iron ore movement on the 450-km long Kirandul-Kottavalsa line is limping back to normal following restoration of electricity a few days ago. Right now on an average 10-12 rakes a day are being moved on the route. The marshalling of the locomotives and the rakes, according ECoR sources, will take a few more days. About 45 rakes and 120 locomotives, all dedicated to the route, are deployed on the K-K line circuit. The line being in hilly terrain, three locomotives are needed to haul one rake on the route. The railway authorities had sent most of these locomotives and the rakes to other routes a few days ago when movement along the line came to halt due to non-availability of electricity following the blow up of power transmission towers in several districts of Chhattisgarh. More Stories on : Trade & Labour Unions | Coal
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