Rail route for carrying coal from Korba railway yard to Balco plant

Rail route for carrying coal from Korba railway yard to Balco plant

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 4616

ANSWERED ON 06.04.2018

Rail route for carrying coal from Korba railway yard to Balco plant

4616 Shri Ranvijay Singh Judev
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) the details of rail route used by Balco (Vedanta), District Korba, Chhattisgarh for carrying coal from Korba railway yard to Balco plant;

(b) the details of ownership of the said rail route and if the ownership is with the Government, whether it gets the fare/charges for the same; and

(c) whether Government/administration has any agreement with Balco for transporting material via the said rail route?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) : The rail route used for carrying coal to the plant of BALCO (Vedanta), District Korba, Chhattisgarh from Korba Railway yard is 4.8 KM single line non-electrified section.

(b) : This line is under ownership of BALCO.

(c) : No, Sir.