In a first, Rajasthan to get thermal coal through coastal shipping

This comes as current supply pressures and heavy monsoons have choked several busy stretches of the railways, even as states struggle to avert another power crisis

Amid issues of traffic congestion on several Indian Railway routes, states are now looking at alternatives to avert another power crisis. Rajasthan will, for the first time, procure thermal coal using the rail-sea-rail (RSR) route, better known as coastal shipping, Business Standard has learnt. This comes as current supply pressures and heavy monsoons have choked several busy stretches of the railways.

Rajasthan, which gets a bulk of its coal supply for power generation from Parsa Kanta coal block in Chhattisgarh, is facing a crunch as the state government has put several regulatory barriers. The Chhattisgarh government has shut all coal