About 270 kms of new railway link will be developed in Chhattisgarh soon with the co-operation of the Central Government, officials informed.
The railway line will link Dongarhgarh, Khairagarh, Kawardha, Mungeli, Kota and Katgora to Bilaspur.
Union Minister of State for Energy (Independent charge ) Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday held a high-level deliberation on the rail link project.
The tracks will be developed with the co-ordination of Chhattisgarh State and Union Energy Ministry and Union Coal Ministry.
Singh also deliberated on the coal block issue.There was a detailed presentation on the 'Rail Corridor' and coal blocks.
Chairman of Chhattisgarh State owned power companies Shivraj Singh, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Energy Department Additional Chief Secretary N. Baijendra Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Aman Kumar Singh, Secretary, Industry Subodh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Public Relations Department Santosh Misra and senior officers of various departments were present at the meeting