New Railway Line form Mandir Hasaud to Kendri and Raipur to Jharsuguda
Railway line from Kendri to Mandir Hasaud
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1735
ANSWERED ON 09.03.2018
Railway line from Kendri to Mandir Hasaud
1735 Dr. Bhushan Lal Jangde
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether a railway line form Mandir Hasaud to Kendri is being constructed in Chhattisgarh;
(b) whether a railway line could be constructed from Kendri to Kankel via Abhanpur and Dhamtari as demanded by public; and
(c): whether a new railway line from Raipur to Jharsuguda via Baroda Bazar, Kasdol, Mehgaon and Sarangarh, which was proposed, has now been re-routed from Raipur to Baroda Bazar to Kharsia, is in public interest and whether it can not be made as per earlier route?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) Kendri-Dhamtari including Abhanpur-Rajim branch line (67.20 Km) was sanctioned in year 2011-12 as Material Modification to Raipur-Titlagarh doubling project (203 Km) and survey for new line from Dhamtari to Kanker via Charama (75.80 Km) completed at a cost of Rs.726.02 crore, survey report is under examination.
(c) A project for new line from Raipur to Jharsuguda falling in the State of Orissa and Chhattisgarh was included in Pink Book 2013-14 subject to requisite approvals. Cost of the project based on survey was Rs.2161.37 crore. Niti Aayog at that time did not accord ‘in principal’ approval for carrying out the project. Since project was financially not viable, both the State Governments Orissa and Chhattisgarh have been requested for providing land free of cost and share 50% cost of the project.
Thereafter, Govt. of Chhattisgarh came forward through the State JV Company i.e Chhattisgarh Railway Corporation Limited (CRCL) has identified this project for development and prepared the Detailed Project Report.
Alignment chosen by CRCL is based on expected viability of the project. Based on the proposal of CRCL, Ministry of Railways has granted ‘in principle approval’ for new BG (Electrified) line between Kharsia- Baloda Bazar-Naya Raipur-Durg Corridor (266 Km Approx.) including 11 Km between Naya Raipur and Exhibition Ground existing line and 12 Km Pawara to Durg at total cost of Rs.4900.33 crore subject to equity of Rs.500 – 800 crore by the JV company.
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