NTPC, India's largest integrated power company, sent its first coal rake from the NTPC Talaipalli Coal Mine to the NTPC Lara superthermal power project in Chhattisgarh.
The length of the MGR track from Talaipalli to Lara is 65 km. The start of rake loading paves the way forward for the Talaipalli mine to ship coal in a smooth and environmentally friendly manner to meet the coal requirements of 1600 MW NTPC Lara.
Gurdeep Singh, CMD and Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) NTPC along with RED (Coal Mining) & RED (WR II & OS) marked the first shipment of a coal rake.