RAIPUR, Apr 26: Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has completed delivery of the first-ever
rail order to supply 97,400 tonnes of rails to Indian Railways through global tender from its Raigarh
plant in Chhattisgarh, four months ahead of the schedule.
JSPL Raipur Chairman Pradeep Tandon told UNI that JSPL bagged 20 per cent of the Rs 2,500 crore global tender by the Indian Railways to supply long rails. Under the global tender which saw participation from seven leading global rail manufacturers, JSPL was only company, which technically qualified for the tender.
He said that JSPL started dispatching the first consignments of rails on August 15, 2018 from its
Raigarh plant and completed delivery of total quantities on April 22, 2019, almost four months ahead of schedule.
Recently, Indian Railways also exercised their option to order on JSPL an additional quantity of about
30,000 tonnes of rails for Indian Railways.
Tandon said that JSPL is the only private sector manufacturer of Rails and only manufacturer of Head Hardened Rail in the country. It operates most advanced 1 Million Tonne Per Annum (MTPA) Rail Mill at its 3.6 MTPA integrated Steel Plant at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The company has already supplied Rails to Iran and Bangladesh; and to Dedicated Freight Corridor of India.
(UNI)
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