Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Steel and Mines, performed the Bhoomi Pooja for the Railway Siding Project at NMDC’s upcoming Nagarnar Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh in the presence of Vishnu Prasad Sai, Union Minister of State for Steel and Mines.

Tomar was at NMDC’s Nagarnar Steel Plant to assess the progress of the three million tonnes per annum steel plant, being built at a cost of ₹15, 525 crore.

The Railway Siding Project is a critical component of the steel plant to bring raw material such as iron ore, coking coal, limestone and dolomite, etc. for production and for outward movement of finished steel and slag.

Phase I of the project envisages connecting the 6-km stretch from the KK Railway line with Nagarnar Steel Plant at Ambagaon and Ammmagauda by laying about 53 km of railway line within the steel plant premises at a cost of ₹283 crore. The project, to be developed by IRCON, is slated to be completed in the next 18 months to coincide with the plant’s production schedule.

Tomar inspected the construction work at the Blast Furnace, Thin Slab Caster, Sinter Plant, Coke Ovens, Raw Material Handling System, Power Blowing Station and the Steel Melting Shop and expressed satisfaction at the progress of the project work.

Later, interacting with NMDC officials he stressed on the need to keep to the stipulated time-frame and close monitoring.

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