Railways

Chhattisgarh East Railway, a Joint Venture of South Eastern Coalfields, IRCON International and Government of Chhattisgarh, is implementing the 2-phase East Rail Corridor project in dist. Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Civil work is in progress for phase-I, scheduled for completion in March 2018. Phase-II is in planning stage. Work on Phase-II will commence after completion of Phase-I. According to media sources, phase-I entails laying of 134 kms of rail track from Kharasia to Dharamjaigarh. IRCON is the implementing agency. Upon completion, the project will mainly facilitate movement of about 60 MT of coal from the region to various parts of the country. The Chhattisgarh government had decided to allocate 14 acres of land in dist. Raigarh. The corridor will be about 180 km long from Bhupdevpur-Gharghoda-Dharamjaigarh up to Korba. [Info as of: Dec. `16]

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