Railways

South East Central Railway is planning construction of a third railway line between Rajnandgaon-Nagpur (Kalumna) in dist. Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh and dist. Gondia, dist. Bhandara and dist. Nagpur, Maharashtra. Rajnandgaon-Kalumna line forms a part of Howrah-Mumbai trunk route serving freight and passenger traffic from Eastern and Southern regions to Northern and Western regions and vice versa over the country. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for the project at an estimated cost of Rs. 19,085.1 million and expected completion cost of Rs. 21,935.3 million. The 228.3 km long railway line is expected to be completed in five years. [Info as of: Aug. `16]

India \ Chhattisgarh