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Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL) completed two major works – 21 km of new railway line Srirampur mines and 44 km of water from the Pranahitha River to its 2 × 600 MW power plant at Pegadapalli in the District Mancherial – to avoid the hbadle According to company officials, it is planned to begin testing of both facilities from July 15. The new railway line would make the transportation of coal environmentally friendly by the president and general manager of the company N. Sridhar said on Friday that the new water line would ensure a reliable supply of 2 tmc ft. of water per year, already allocated to the energy project. The company's decision to start the pipeline route and water supply comes just a day after the Expert Evaluation Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Agriculture & Environment. Environment and Forests (MEF) has postponed the request for the extension of the road transport permit. coal to the power project.
Additional information was requested on the badessment of the impact of traffic, impact on traffic load and on ambient air quality and levels. noise. The temporary permit issued by the MoEF for the transport of coal by road ends on 9 August this year.
The 21-km railway line built by the coal company is the longest to be laid until now. The two new facilities were built in the space of about three years, for a total cost of 766 crores. The completion of both facilities also takes on significance in the context of the company's plans to expand the power project by adding another 800 MW unit.
Giving details of the two new facilities, the ones with a cost of ₹ 460 crore would help provide about 50 lakh tons of coal needed for the energy project each year. In addition to the 21 km main line, a 20 km siding for loading and unloading was also built to allow 3-4 rakes to be transported daily.
Officials said that about 18,000 tons of coal are supplied to the energy project every day now through 730 truck trips.
Similarly, the 44 km pipeline was built with ₹ 306 crore from Devulwada village on Pranahitha River banks with two pumping stations en route as current source, also on Pranahitha, in Shatpur has a shortage of water in summer. The pipeline with pipes of 1.2 meters in diameter would have three pumps of 1.05 MW each at the head and three pumps of 1.2 MW each at Chennur.
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