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JSPL rails approved by Indian Railways for main track usage
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SME Times News Bureau | 30 Sep, 2020
Indian Railways has approved Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL)
for regular rail supplier status for its upcoming and ongoing projects
making it the first private company to get such approval from the
national transporter.
Indian Railways normally gets its rail
supplies from public sector entity Steel Authority of India Ltd (Sail)
that makes several railway grade steel at its Bhilai Steel plant.
Research
Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), which works under the
ambit of the Railway Board, has approved field performance of UIC 60 kg,
880 Grade prime (Class- A) rails made by JSPL at its Raigarh Plant.
Railway
Board has accepted the field performance test report of RDSO and
considered UIC 60 kg, 880 Grade prime (Class-A) rails are suitable for
use in Indian Railways, a company statement said.
The approval
by RDSO itself is an illustrious qualification for JSPL's Rail Mill, as
their evaluation quality and safety parameters are very stringent, and
not many rail producers in the world can meet to quality norms laid by
RDSO, the statement added.
"It's a landmark development towards
India's quest for AtmaNirbhar Bharat and it is a momentous occasion for
our rail business. We are thankful to the Ministry of Railways and the
Ministry of Steel for encouraging domestic manufacturing of Rails. We
are thankful to the RDSO for field performance approval of UIC 60 kg,
880 Grade prime (Class-A) rails of JSPL," said V.R. Sharma, Managing
Director, JSPL.
Apart from 880 Grade main track rails, JSPL has
also started supplying 1080 grade Head Hardened rails to several metro
Rails projects in India which includes Rail Vikas Nigam Limited for the
construction of the Kolkata Metro Rail Project and Pune Metro.
Earlier
RDSO had approved the 1080 grade HH rails, and JSPL has developed
Special rails, Asymmetric Rails, R260, and 1175HT grades for heavy load
carrying wagon units of 75 tonnes /wagon.
JSPL supplies special
grade rail blooms to France Rail, Hayange in Europe. Rail produced from
JSPL supplied Blooms by France Rail are found successful in meeting the
quality & safety parameters of different European railways. The
company also exported 2.5 Lakh Tonnes of rails through Indian PSUs
(IRCON & STC) to customers in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, & Africa.
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