The Chhattisgarh Power Transmission Company ltd (CSPTCl) will soon provide alternate Re-Habitat for the bird population (Avifauna) at its Railway electrification project site on Bhanupratappur-Rowghat section of the South East Central Railway (SECR).
The re-habitat for the birds would be made with artificially made Eco-friendly material in more than 16 hectares of land. Notably, CSPTCl will be putting up a 132 Kv power transmission line on Bhanupratappur-Rowghat Railway track, officials stated.
The CSPTCl will get conducted a survey within the corridor of its 132 Kv power transmission line on Bhanupratappur-Rowghat Railway track to select alternate site for the bird population, officials stated.
The move had been taken as per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Notably, the Rs 2000 crore Rowghat to Jagdalpur railway line project would 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.
The work for final location survey and preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) in connection with construction of new broad gauge Railway line from Jagdalpur to Rowghat measuring an estimated 124 kms is likely to commence soon, officials stated.
The initial stretch of the first phase of the ambitious 235-km-long Dallirajhara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur Railway line project in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh has been completed, officials stated.
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 235-km Dallirajhara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur, East and East-West Rail corridor (300 km) projects will comprise a total of 535 kilometers Railway-line during the next two to four years, they stated. Chhattisgarh currently has only 1187 route kilometers of Railway lines.