Coal India wants its own rail network; seeks roadmap from rail ministry

Under this proposal, railways will be issuing tenders to purchase rakes on behalf of Coal India as well as deploy the coal corridors & advanced technology

State-owned Coal India has sought a roadmap from the Union Railways Ministry which will help the company possess its own network of railway corridors and rakes which it feels will help in reducing its dependency on railways for transporting coal.

Shortage of railway rakes has been an ongoing concern for the entire coal consuming sector. Towards the end of 2017, when the power plants in the country faced a severe coal shortage issue, Coal India had boosted its supplies to stave off the crisis and increased routing railway rakes to this effort. In turn, it led to increased complaints from