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The South Central Railway will construct a rail dispatch point at Asifabad Road Railway station with the help of the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.
The project to cost Rs 28 crore is between Bellampalli and Sirpur Kagaz Nagar railway stations. Bellampalli area of (SCCL), which produces around six million tonnes of coal per annum, does not have a convenient rail dispatch siding at nearby railway stations, at present.
Hence, the coal produced at Bellampalli area is being transported to the railway sidings at Ramakrishnapur and Sreerampur, which are 54 and 74 km away from the coal fields, respectively.
Further, transport of coal from collieries to Ramakrishnapur and Sreerampur by road is causing pollution and involving with frequent accidents. Lack of convenient railway dispatch point is also affecting the incremental production of collieries in Bellampalli region, a release said.
B. Nagya, Executive Director (coal movement), SCCL, handed over a cheque for Rs 13.60 crore on Monday to S.K. Agarwal, Chief Operations Manager, SCR. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the financial year to help Collieries commence coal dispatch from the Asifabad Railway station.
Once a full-fledged railway siding is developed at Asifabad, it will help boost the production and transportation of coal from mines situated in Bellampalli area, the release said.
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