Lok Sabha Question No. 5990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Upgradation of Transport Infrastructure
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5990 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## Upgradation of Transport Infrastructure

## 5990. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government has upgraded transport infrastructure in various coal mine areas in the country for the purpose of coal evacuation;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the amount of funds sanctioned for up-gradation of transport infrastructure during each of the last five years, year-wise, coal-mines area-wise and State-wise; and
- (d)  the quantity of coal evacuated as a result of the development of transport infrastructure in coal mine areas, coal mine area-wise and State-wise?

## MINISTER OF COAL AND RAILWAYS

## ANSWER ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a)  to  (c): A  number  of  activities  related  to  strengthening  of  existing  as  well  as  new transport  infrastructure  works  have  been  undertaken  for  the  purpose  of  coal  evacuation. Details of activities and amount  of  funds sanctioned for up-gradation of transport infrastructure during each of the last five years, year-wise, coal-mines area-wise and Statewise are at Annexure I.

(d):  Coal  field  wise,  state  wise  dispatch  from  CIL  subsidiaries  for  the  last  4  years  and current fiscal (till Feb.2017-18) is annexed herewith as Annexure.

( in lakh tonnes)

| Coalfields (Company)         | Name of State          |   2017-18 (Apr-Feb) |   2016-17 |   2015-16 |   2014-15 |   2013-14 |
|------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| RANIGUNJ (ECL)               | West Bengal            |              201.46 |    209.32 |    189.77 |    173.98 |    165.22 |
| MUG/SLN /SPM (ECL)           | West Bengal/ Jharkhand |               56.5  |     49.22 |     52.31 |     54.75 |     48.98 |
| RAJMAHAL (ECL)               | Jharkhand              |              125.4  |    168.82 |    141.72 |    152.91 |    145.59 |
| Jharia (BCCL)                | Jharkhand/ West Bengal |              298.7  |    348.47 |    360.92 |    335.58 |    341.3  |
| Bokaro/SK/NK/Rajr appa (CCL) | Jharkhand              |              611.95 |    609.13 |    595.82 |    553.33 |    521.2  |
| Singarauli(NCL)              | M.P./ Uttar Pradesh    |              876.81 |    834.59 |    785.32 |    736.83 |    721.11 |
| WARDHA(WCL)                  | Maharashtra            |              255.01 |    251.73 |    278    |    277.72 |    267.33 |
| UMRER (WCL)                  | Maharashtra            |               86.3  |     46.89 |     29.91 |     24.12 |     21.64 |
| PATHAKHERA                   | Madhya                 |               16.8  |     18.28 |     28.26 |     29.33 |     29.64 |

| (WCL)                | Pradesh                     |         |         |         |        |        |
|----------------------|-----------------------------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
| PENCH/KANHAN (WCL)   | Madhya Pradesh              |   29.5  |   28.67 |   31.99 |  26.67 |  27.29 |
| KMT/SYL/NAGPU R(WCL) | Maharashtra                 |   52.2  |   48.9  |   54.9  |  54.56 |  53.49 |
| KOREA/REWA (SECL)    | Madhya Pradesh/ Chattisgarh |  244    |  234.14 |  231.16 | 236.85 | 252.09 |
| KORBA (SECL)         | Madhya Pradesh/ Chattisgarh | 1134.21 | 1142.19 | 1156.19 | 995.14 | 967.98 |
| IB.WLY (MCL)         | Odisha                      |  570.7  |  634.48 |  570.55 | 514.71 | 486.95 |
| TALCHER (MCL)        | Odisha                      |  681.51 |  795.61 |  831.74 | 715.4  | 656.44 |
| N E C                | Assam                       |    7.5  |    7.77 |    3.42 |   7.33 |   5.77 |

## Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL);

The Coal dispatch of SCCL has improved from 47.89 MT in the year 2013-14 to 64.62 MT in the year 2017-18.

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ECL: Fund sanctioned for various activities relating to development / strengthening of road /rail infrastructure are as under:

| Year    |   Capital Budget allocated to coal mine areas in West Bengal (Rs Lakhs) | Capital Budget allocated to coal mine areas in Jharkhand (Rs Lakhs)   |   Total (Rs Lakhs) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 2012-13 |                                                                  140.32 | -                                                                     |             140.32 |
| 2013-14 |                                                                12486.1  | -                                                                     |           12486.1  |
| 2014-15 |                                                                 2914.7  | -                                                                     |            2914.7  |
| 2015-16 |                                                                 1730.05 | 114.71                                                                |            1844.76 |
| 2016-17 |                                                                 1156.6  | 154.81                                                                |            1311.41 |
| Total   |                                                                18427.7  | 269.52                                                                |           18697.2  |

## BCCL

The following new Railway Sidings are being constructed in the state of Jharkhand, under the command area of BCCL:

- 1) Railway infrastructure for evacuation of coal from RLS (SILO) at Maheshpur (5 MTY).
- 2) NT-ST Siding (10 MTY).
- 3) Madhuband NLW Washery (5 MTY) Siding.
- 4) Patherdih NLW Washery (5 MTY) Siding.

| Sr. No.   | Siding                   |   Estimated Coat (Rs Cr) |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | RLS Maheshpur            |                    82    |
| 2         | North Tisra -South Tisra |                    45    |
| 3         | Madhuband NLW Washery    |                     6.48 |
| 4         | Patherdih NLW Washery    |                   100.17 |
|           | Total                    |                   233.65 |

## CCL

| Name of Coal Mine Area   | Amount of fund/expenditure made for upgradation of Road Infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund/expenditure made for upgradation of Road Infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund/expenditure made for upgradation of Road Infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund/expenditure made for upgradation of Road Infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund/expenditure made for upgradation of Road Infrastructure (Rs Cr)   |
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of Coal Mine Area   | 2013-14                                                                          | 2014-15                                                                          | 2015-16                                                                          | 2016-17                                                                          | 2017-18                                                                          |
| CCL                      | 13.2966                                                                          | 37.2205                                                                          | 51.5551                                                                          | 101.0841                                                                         | 185.6305                                                                         |

## Rail Infrastructure

| Name of Rail Project & related Coal Mine Area                       | Amount of fund deposited to Railways/RITES for new/upgradation of rail infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund deposited to Railways/RITES for new/upgradation of rail infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund deposited to Railways/RITES for new/upgradation of rail infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund deposited to Railways/RITES for new/upgradation of rail infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Amount of fund deposited to Railways/RITES for new/upgradation of rail infrastructure (Rs Cr)   | Sanctioned Project Cost (Rs Cr)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Name of Rail Project & related Coal Mine Area                       | 2013- 14                                                                                        | 2014-15                                                                                         | 2015-16                                                                                         | 2016-17                                                                                         | 2017-18                                                                                         | Sanctioned Project Cost (Rs Cr)   |
| Tori- Shivpur Rail line (Magadh & Amrapali Area)                    | 356                                                                                             | 290                                                                                             | -                                                                                               | 606.27                                                                                          | 803.88                                                                                          | 2399.04                           |
| Mc Cluskiganj - Piparwar Rail line Construction of two wharf walls& | 8.52                                                                                            | 23.82                                                                                           | 9.34                                                                                            | -                                                                                               | 32.91                                                                                           | 141.25                            |
| a crossing station at Koilara ( Piparwar Area)                      |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 19.43                                                                                           | 99.80                             |
| Kuju Siding (Kuju Area)                                             | -                                                                                               | -                                                                                               | -                                                                                               | 8.22                                                                                            | -                                                                                               | 8.22                              |
| Konar Railway Siding ( B&K Area)                                    |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 15.00                                                                                           | 46.84                             |
| Saunda B Siding (Barka- Sayal Area)                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 2.84                                                                                            | 2.84                              |
| Magadh Railway Siding (Magadh & Amrapali Area)                      |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 78.20                                                                                           |                                                                                                 | 391.01                            |
| North Urimari Siding (Barka- Sayal Area)                            |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 38.00                                                                                           | 222.32                            |

NCL : In the command area of NCL, spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, a number of works have been taken up for upgradation of transport infrastructure for smooth evacuation of coal.

- a. Complete  Track  Renewal(CTR)  of  old  railway  siding  tracks  for  Bina  (UP), Jayant (MP) & Block-B (MP) Areas.
- b. Construction of various railway sidings for smooth dispatch of coal.
- c. Extension of existing Public Railway line from Jayant (MP) to Amlohri (MP) - Nigahi (MP).
- d. Diversion of KBJ Line (Railway line) at Khadia Area (UP).

The amount of fund sanctioned for upgradation of transport infrastructure during each  of  the  last  five  years,  year  wise,  coal-mine  area  wise  and  state  wise  are  as follows: -

(Fig.are in crores)

| Name of Project/Area   | Project location ( State -wise)   |   FY 2013- 14 |   FY 2014-15 |   FY2015- 16 |   FY 2016-17 |   FY 2017-18 |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Amlohri                | MP                                |          0    |         1.44 |         0.94 |         1.78 |            0 |
| Bina                   | UP                                |          0    |         0    |         4.91 |         1.53 |            3 |
| Dudhichua              | UP                                |          0    |        16.06 |         6.08 |         0.26 |            1 |
| Jayant                 | MP                                |          0    |         0    |         3.98 |         4.73 |            1 |
| Khadia                 | UP                                |          0    |         1.04 |        24.57 |        11.4  |            2 |
| Nigahi                 | MP                                |          4.39 |         5.31 |         0    |        40.93 |           33 |
| Krishnahshila          | UP                                |          0.2  |         0.64 |         0.34 |         0.12 |           10 |
| Block-B                | MP                                |          0.48 |         1.74 |         0    |        39.47 |           40 |
| Total                  | Total                             |          5.07 |        26.23 |        40.82 |       100.22 |           90 |

- WCL: Existing road surface have been repaired and roads constructed as per Project Report either by blacktopping or concreting for smooth and fast coal transportation. Rail infrastructure has been upgraded by constructing Warf wall, track extension and allied works.

Details of funds allocated for repair/construction of roads (WBM, Blacktopping, Concreting), construction of Warf wall, track extension and allied works are as under: -

(Amount in lacs)

|         | MAHARASHTRA   | MAHARASHTRA   | MADHYA PRADESH   | MADHYA PRADESH   |
|---------|---------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
| YEAR    | Roads         | Rails         | Roads            | Rail             |
| 2013-14 | 1499.00       | -             | 208.00           | -                |
| 2014-15 | 4224.00       | -             | 345.00           | -                |
| 2015-16 | 1720.00       | -             | 359.00           | -                |
| 2016-17 | 3775.00       | 887.72        | 600.00           | -                |
| 2017-18 | 2310.56       | 277.62        | 540.40           | -                |

SECL : In the command area of SECL in the state of Chhattisgarh, the transport infrastructure has been upgraded for coal evacuation.  The details, funds sanctioned and expenditure are as follows:

| Sr No .   | Details                      | Sanc Capital (Rs Cr)   | Area            | Expenditure (Rs Cr)         | Expenditure (Rs Cr)         | Expenditure (Rs Cr)         |                             |                             |
|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sr No .   | Details                      | Sanc Capital (Rs Cr)   | Area            | 13-14                       | 14-15                       | 15-16                       | 16-17                       | 17-18                       |
| 1         | In- Pit belt conveyor system | 372.97                 | Dipka           | 76.90                       |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| 1         | In- Pit belt conveyor system | 309.00                 | Gevra           | 1.01                        | 16.63                       | 80.52                       | 54.47                       | 109.0 0                     |
| 2         | SILO loading system          |                        | Dipka           | Commissioned before 2012-13 | Commissioned before 2012-13 | Commissioned before 2012-13 | Commissioned before 2012-13 | Commissioned before 2012-13 |
| 2         | SILO loading system          | 164.97                 | Gevra           | 33.49                       | 91.37                       | 38.18                       | 0.2683                      |                             |
| 3         | East Rail Corridor           | 3054.24                | Raigarh / Korba | 0.13                        | 132.15                      | 225.09                      | 436.38                      | 194.7 3                     |

| 4   | East - West Corridor   | 4970.11   | Raigarh / CIC/ Korba   | 0.12   | 2.30   | 69.93   | 230.07   | 69.84   |
|-----|------------------------|-----------|------------------------|--------|--------|---------|----------|---------|

MCL: MCL is  in  the  process  of  constructing  various  railway  lines,  roads,  coal  handling plants, SILOs and Washeries for improving its coal evacuation. The details are as follows:

## a. Jharsuguda- Barpali- Sardega rail line- Newly constructed line

A 52.92 KM Jharsuguda- Barpali- Sardega rail  line taking-off  from  Jharsuguda station  has  been  constructed  by  MCL  at  a  project  cost  of  Rs  1007.12  Cr  for evacuation of coal to the tune of 70 MT from Basundhara- Garjanbahal coalfield of Sundargarh district.

## b. Construction of 3 rd line from TLSB to Talcher Yard of Talcher coalfield

The subject rail line of a length of 4 KM has been constructed and commissioned by  MCL at a project  cost  of  Rs  47.55  Cr  to  increase  the  coal  dispatch  capacity from Talcher coalfields.

## c. Auto Signaling/ IBS system between Talcher and Paradip Port

MCL  has  invested Rs 72.42 Cr for introduction of Automatic signaling system/IBS  system  between  Talcher  and  Paradip  Port  so  as  to  enable  faster dispatch of coal from Talcher coalfields of MCL.

## Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)

SCCL has undertaken upgrading of transport infrastructure within its command area to improve  coal  evacuation  by  various  rail  projects.  The  details  of  the  rail  projects  are given below:

Rail projects being executed by Railways on deposit basis:

- i. Bhadrachalam Road to Sattupalli Railway line
- ii. Goleti Railway siding:

Railway projects being executed by SCCL currently:

- i. Railway line for 2X600MW STPP Jaipur:
- ii. Railway line from Bethampudi railway station to Koyagudem
- iii. Railway siding for KK1 CHP, Mandamarri:

The expenditure incurred by SCCL on development of transport infrastructure from coal mines during last five years is as below:

| Year    |   Expenditure (In Rs. Crore) |
|---------|------------------------------|
| 2013-14 |                        46.24 |
| 2014-15 |                        65.81 |
| 2015-16 |                        83.48 |
| 2016-17 |                        98.96 |
| 2017-18 |                       292.52 |
| Total   |                       587.02 |