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In a first, NTPC takes water route to ship coal for Farakka
KOLKATA. In a first, state-run power major NTPC on Friday began transporting its imported coal consignments from Sandheads deep-sea port, 200 km off Kolkata, to its Farakka power plant in the state through the 1,600-km Haldia-Allahabad national waterway.
The use of waterway for such large-scale commercial transport is unprecedented in India and ends NTPC's traditional dependence on railways for movement of imported coal for the project.
Some 19 barges will be used to ship coal through the water route. The power major imports about 3 million tonnes ( mt) of coal every year to meet domestic fuel shortfall at the 2,600 MW Farakka plant.
“The first consignment of 1,700 tonnes of imported coal has moved from the Sandheads port for the Farakka plant through the national waterways 1 ( Haldia-Allahabad route) today,” a senior NTPC official said.
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