The Lara Super Thermal Power Project (LSTPP) in Chhattisgarh began receiving coal via rakes from state-owned NTPC's Talaipalli mines, the company announced. The distance on the track between Talaipalli and Lara is 65 kilometers.
The government-owned company has sent its first coal rake from the NTPC Talaipalli coal mines to the NTPC Lara Super Thermal Power Project in Chhattisgarh.
The start of rake loading opens the door for Talaipalli Mine to ship coal in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner to meet the coal demand of 1,600 MW NTPC Lara, Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC, and other representatives of industry initiated the first rake shipment from the Talaipalli mine to LSTPP.