The Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company ltd (CSPTCl) will be going for a comprehensive survey to seek conversion of 16.348 hectares of forest land for construction of 132 KV DCDS Bhanupratapur-Rowghat transmission line in insurgency-infested Kanker district of the State, officials informed.
Notably, the Rs 2,000 crore Rowghat to Jagdalpur railway line would also pass through heavily insurgency infested Kondagaon and Narayanpur districts of Bastar division in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
The project is a joint venture between Chhattisgarh government, NMDC, SAIl and IRCON. There are a total of 840 farmers in Chhattisgarh whose land had been acquired for the Dallirajahara-Rowghat rail line project, the Central Government has informed.
It may be recalled that Chhattisgarh government would also be earmarking suitable land banks in the vicinity of Dallirajahara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur Rail Corridor for setting up of small industrial units, officials informed.
The Chhattisgarh Government would be earmarking suitable land banks in the vicinity of Dallirajahara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur Rail Corridor for setting up of small industrial units, officials informed.
There are a total of 840 farmers in Chhattisgarh whose land had also been acquired for the Dallirajahara-Rowghat rail line project, the Central government has informed.
It may be recalled that Chhattisgarh government would also be earmarking suitable land banks in the vicinity of Dallirajahara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur Rail Corridor for setting up of small industrial units, officials informed.
Notably, the development of two key Rail corridors in mineral-rich Chhattisgarh is now set to expand the Railway line network by 45 per cent in the State, officials stated.
The completion of Dallirajhara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur, East and East-West Rail corridor projects will comprise a total of 535 kilometers Railway-line during the next two to four years, they stated.
The East West Rail Corridor project is expected to get completed in 2018-19.
The corridor is to facilitate movement of about 60 million tonnes of coal to various parts of the country apart from providing passenger train facility for the local populace of the region.
The length of the rail track would be 135.30 kms.The Chhattisgarh East West Railway ltd is the implementing agency for the project.
It may be recalled that CSPTCl is also taking up work for modification of 220 KV Korba-Raigarh-Budhipadar power supply line for route length of 1.154 kms for construction of new broad gauge electrified East Rail corridor from Kharsiya to Dharamjaigarh coming under South East Central Railway (SECR), officials informed.
The railway line project is being executed by Central pubIic sector undertaking IRCON International ltd for the Chhattisgarh rail project.
The modification is being made on request of IRCON International ltd, officials informed.
Notably, for the East Corridor, the Chhattisgarh government had decided to allocate 14 acres of land in Raigarh district. The Corridor will be about 180 km long from Bhupdevpur-Gharghoda-Dharamjaigarh up to Korba.
Moreover, the Central Government has signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) each with the States of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for critical coal connectivity projects to improve transportation .
Agreement for World Bank loan of US $ 1100 million for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) (Phase-2) have also been signed, they stated.
Freight train with speed of maximum 100 kms per hour will pass through Chhattisgarh in the East-West Corridor (Kolkata-Mumbai).
The train will traverse through the States of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra as the Ministry of Railways has sanctioned implementation of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) with freight train speeds of maximum 100 Kmph.
The Central government’s approval for construction of 165 km long third railway line between Anuppur and Katni in Madhya Pradesh is expected to facilitate additional coal transportation traffic from parts of Chhattisgarh.
The coal transportation traffic from IB valley, Korba area, East Corridor and Gevra — Pendra Road Project in Chhattisgarh would be channelised through the aforesaid route to the respective destinations, officials stated.
Public sector IRCON International ltd has also commenced work in connection with the construction of new ‘Broad Guage Electrified Double Railway line’ in Chhattisgarh on the East West Corridor. The work is being undertaken in Gevra Road-Pendra Road and Dipka, Kathghora, Sendurgahr and Pasan sections, officials stated.