NCL commissions wharfwall in Nigahi area for coal transportation
   Date :25-May-2019

With the objective to reduce coal transportation by road, the Northern Coalfields Limited has commissioned a new wharfwall at MGR route line of company’s Nigahi coal producing area on Wednesday. The said route line is used by Nigahi for transporting coal to India’s largest power station, NTPC Vindhyachal. The new wharfwall will help supply additional 3-4 rakes (approximately 9000 to 12,000 tonnes of coal to NTPC Vindhyachal. The additional supplies of coal through wharfwall will halve transportation of coal from road thereby contributing significantly towards environmental protection.
 
The wharfwall, which is 750 metre long and 40 metre wide, will lead to more coal supplies to upcountry power consumers through the Railways. At present, NTPC Vindhyachal is supplied coal from Nigahi and Dudhichua coal areas of NCL with Nigahi being the primary feeder and Duchichua meeting additional requirement of the plant. With the introduction of wharfwall, the additional supply of coal to NTPC Vindhyachal will now be met by Nigahi itself leaving Dudhichua with more coal at disposal. As a result, Dudhichua can now enhance coal supplies to upcountry consumers through railways as it is already equipped with infrastructural facility for rail mode of coal transportation.
CMD NCL P K Sinha inaugurated the wharfwall as chief guest and labeled it as a historic milestone in NCL’s ongoing journey towards environmental conservation and protection.
 
He clarified that the company’s priority is eco-friendly coal transportation and efforts are being made in this direction.
A new CHP of 3.5 million tonnes at Block-B is ready and as soon as it connects to the railway line, there would be further reduction in road transportation of coal.
 
He also informed that new CHP’s at Jayant and Dudhichua of capacity 15 million tonne and 10 million tonne respectively is in the process to be constructed. Construction of Krishnashila CHP is almost complete and new CHP of 5.5 million tonne and 4.5 million tonne at Bina and Block B respectively is also proposed. The introduction of said infrastructure will further reduce coal transportation through road. Likewise, a new CHP of 6 million tonne at Khadia has significantly reduced the supply of coal to LANCO from road.
 
Gunadhar Pandey, Director (Technical / Operations) NCL, P M Prasad, Director (Technical / Project and Planning), NCL, A K Tiwari Executive Director NTPC Vindhyachal, NCL JCC Member Ashok Dubey and General Secretary CMOAI, Sarvesh Singh alongwith Area General Managers of NCL, departmental heads were present as guests of honour in the programme.
 
Gunadhar Pandey, Director, (Technical / Operations), while speaking comprehensively on new wharfwall right from seeding of the idea to the process of construction of wharfwall, expressed special gratitude to NTPC management for the cooperation in this endeavor of NCL.
 
P M Prasad, Director (Technical/Project & Planning), congratulated team Nigahi for the historic initiative. It is worth mentioning that it is the first time when a wharfwall is created on MGR line. One such wharfwall is also being built on the Amlohri MGR line which will help in additional supplies to NTPC Rihand power station.
S K Gomasta, General Manager Nigahi welcomed the guests in the programme and Project Officer Harish Duhan presented vote of thanks.