Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust Ajeya Kallam has mentioned at the first stage, the General Cargo Berth has been mechanized by the Vedanta Group under the Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) concession and it has started working from April.
The totally mechanized facility lifts the ore from the berthed ship and transfers it to a hopper where water spray ensures that there is no coal dust raised in the operation. The wet coal is then transferred to a conveyor which carries it for a distance of two km to the coal stackyard. The completely covered conveyor has water sprays which ensure there is no dust raised during its conveyance. A system of water sprays ensures that the coal in the stackyard does not raise dust. From the stackyard coal is lifted and carried to silos from where it is transferred to rail wagons. The facility has the capacity to fill a rail wagon in one minute which translates into one rake of 59 wagons in an hour.
This complete mechanized coal handling facility will minimize the pollution due to coal dust, which is big relief for the local residents.
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