NMDC is expected to lay a Rs 3,000-crore slurry pipeline project for
evacuating ore from its Bailadila mines in Chhattisgarh to Visakhapatnam in
Andhra Pradesh.
In Phase I, the company will lay a 150-km pipeline from Bailadila to
Jagdalpur in 18 months at an investment of Rs 1,000 crore. The second phase will
see laying of pipeline from Jagdalpur to Visakhapatnam at an investment of Rs
2,000 crore.
Apart from the pipeline, NMDC has entered into an MoU with the Indian
Railways for laying of an additional railway line between Bailadila and
Jagdalpur at a cost of Rs 850 crore.