India, April 9 -- Maintaining its thrust on meeting Indian Railway's requirement of 260 metre long rail panels, SAIL-Bhilai Steel Plant has recorded a remarkable growth of 42 per cent in the production. Anil Kumar Chaudhary, chairman of SAIL, commented, "SAIL is committed to fulfill the requirements of Indian Railways. SAIL and Indian Railways share a synergy of more than sixty years. We are continuously ramping up our production of rails." The 260 metre rail panels provide significant advantage of lesser number of welded joints in the tracks thereby improving safety and increasing speed. During the same period, a substantial growth of 30 per cent has also been achieved in overall production of prime rails.

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