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In 2011-12, Railways carried
46.69 million tonnes of coal for steel plant
54.74 million tonnes of iron ore for steel plant
40.29 million tonnes of iron ore for other
domestic users
14.51 million tonnes of other raw materials
35.15 million tonnes of finished steel and pig
iron from steel plants and other points
This accounted for 20% of the total railway
traffic in India and 2.5 times the total steel
produced in India.
Rail
As per National Steel Policy 2012 (draft),
keeping the increasing share of large
producers in view, 70 to 75% of raw
materials ie about 650-700 mtpa would be
transported by Rail.
As per Vision 2020 document of Indian
Railways, around 50 to 60% of domestically
produced steel will move by Rail.
Rail
The National Steel Policy 2012 (draft) identified the
following specific areas of concern for the Indian steel
industry where immediate action is needed:
Strengthening and augmenting railway links between
ports and steel plants as Indian steel is expected to
become increasingly dependent on imported coking
coal/coke
Capacity planning, mobilization of funds and timely
execution of railway projects in the iron ore mining areas
Most importantly, augmentation of rail infrastructure in
the eastern and southern states where large steel
capacities are being planned in close proximity to major
sources of iron ore in the country.
Rail
Construction of two corridors, one each on the
west and east routes, spanning a total length of
about 3,300 km.
The Eastern Corridor, starting from Ludhiana
in Punjab, will pass through the states of
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and
terminate at Dankuni in West Bengal.
The Western Corridor will run from Dadri to
Mumbai, passing through Delhi, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Rail
The proposed creation of four additional DFCs
North-South (Delhi to Chennai), East-West
(Howrah to Mumbai), Southern (Chennai to
Goa), and East-Coast (Kharagpur to
Vijaywada)
Would meet increased freight demand and
also elevate the quality of service to global
standards.
Rail
Indian Railways also proposes to establish
and improve connectivity with ports to form
an inclusive intermodal strategy for firstand last-mile connectivity.
Increasing axle load of wagons to 25
tonnes, running of long haul trains
Improving Rolling Stock
Introduction of single stack & double stack
containers.
Rail
The freight rates are high due to
Subsidization of passenger trains
Involvement of more number of people for
maintaining transaction
Minimum chargeable distance
Unwanted
surcharges
(busy
season
steel
Road
Reasons for increasing importance of road transportation
The dispersed geographical spread of the
proliferating small/medium scale units
The inadequacies in the railway transportation system
in handling the bulk transportation needs of the
expanding Indian steel industry
The need for efficient last mile distribution of finished
steel to endusers located in distant areas.
Road transportation has become an important element in
a multimodal transportation matrix, especially, as part of
the port related transportation network for import of raw
materials and export of finished steel.
Ports
Indian ports facilitate 90% by volume and 70% by value of
Indias external trade via maritime traffic.
Long coastline spans across 7,500 kilometers
13 major ports and about 176 non-major ports
Of its major and non-major ports combined, 139 are along
the west coast, while the remaining 50 ports are along the
east coast.
Indian ports handle iron ore for both exports and domestic
consumers and handle imports of coking coal.
The port traffic would increase to 200 to 225 million tonnes
assuming imports of 85% of coking coal, 20% of noncoking
coal and 30% of scrap and imports and exports of steel at
10% of consumption and production by 202526.
Railway Optimization of
Transport
Bokaro Rourkela Combine
Trains bring iron ore from Rourkela => Bokaro
and return with Coal from Bokaro =>Rourkela
This optimizes the use of transportation
(because wagons are never empty), and helped
in growth of iron-steel industry @ both places.
Conclusions
High growth in the Indian economy in the last one and half
decade have resulted in a significant rise in the volume of
freight traffic moved. Road, Rail, Port and other
infrastructure projects have been planned, but there is a
time lag leading to
high transportation costs,
lack of connectivity to ports, inadequate roads,
Inadequate air and sea port capacities
Poor connectivity of Ports with roads (First and Last mile
connectivity)
Lack of development of modes of transports like railways
and alternates like inland water transport.
Conclusions
There is a need for a good system, which
can estimate the future requirements,
develop policy framework for the most
optimal and integrated system of different
modes of transport and other infrastructure
and also develop good operational
strategies to reduce the logistics cost and
make the timely deliveries
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