NMDC has restored Bharat Heavy Electricals’ (BHEL) order worth Rs 1,395 crore for setting up a raw material handling system at its steel plant in Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh.
In July 2019, NMDC had sent a notice to terminate the contract awarded to BHEL for setting up the system. NMDC had given the contract to BHEL in 2011. BHEL was to complete the work till 28 February 2014.
A contract to set up the system at NMDC's under-construction integrated steel plant at Nagarnar in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh is being executed by the BHEL-ISG Bengaluru division. BHEL was to set up the system on a turnkey basis.
The project includes engineering, procurement and construction of complete RMHS, from receipt of various raw materials (such as coal and iron ore) from wagon tippling to crushing. The contract also included installation of a nearly 30 km conveyor.