CONTRACT AwARDs 41proposed along the NGT corridor with a total track length
of about 3.5 km enabling full rake clinker loading without
de-coupling of loco. Subsequently, during railway siding
layout finalization various constraints were found at plant
in implementing the same and alternative alignments were
explored. The major challenge in railway siding extension
was minimizing the impact on the operational plant
facilities for line 1 and 2 along with its layout constraints.
Completing siding construction within a year along with
clinkerisation commissioning was another major challenge
for the project team.
After a lot of brainstorming sessions and evaluation
of seven alternative options for extension of railway
siding, alignment in the refractory area was considered as
most preferred, given the project timeline and minimum
constraints of disturbance for running the plant and land
requirement. Under the selected option, a facility for
loading clinker in rake was planned by laying two tracks
close to the Dalmia refractory area by the relocation of coal
storage yard and unloading system of Dalmia refractory
within plant premises. The loading capacity of the overall
system was planned at 2,400 TPH of clinker including
wagon shifter, side arm charger, bulk loading spouts, silos,
and conveying system.
The railway siding scheme was deliberated in detail with
the plant operation and logistics team for further planning
and synchronizing existing operations with the new plant.
Before Project Pride implementation, the plant had eight
locos at Rajgangpur. Three were 335 hp capacity and five