India-based Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), a leading steel manufacturer, has dispatched the first lot of rail to Iran from its Raigarh facility, said a report.

JSPL won a contract to supply 150,000 tonnes of rails to Iran for developing rail infrastructure, added the Iran Daily News report.

Of the total figure, 130,000 tonnes would be normal rail and 20,000 tonnes specialised head hardened rail that is produced in the country only by the JSPL, it said.

In the first lot, 1,700 tonnes of 18-m normal rail has been dispatched to the Gangavaram port in Andhra Pradesh for shipping, added the report.