Lok Sabha Question No. 3047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Railway Infrastructure for Coal Transport
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3047 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## Railway Infrastructure for Coal Transport

## 3047.         SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

## Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government is in consultation with any State Government to develop railway infrastructure for transportation of coal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  fixed  any  time  limit  to  develop  additional  railway infrastructure for coal freight and have assessed the estimated cost thereof; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER,  NEW  AND  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  AND  MINES  (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d): Rail infrastructure for coal transport and other allied utilities is being developed in the States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand & Odisha through Joint Venture Companies formed by subsidiaries  of  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL),  in  association  with  State  Government  &  Rail Infrastructure Companies such as RITES/IRCON. The details are as below:

## (I). 'Jharkhand Central Railway Limited (JCRL)'- in the state of Jharkhand

M/s IRCON  (participating on behalf of Ministry of Railways), Central Coalfields Limited(CCL) (on behalf of Ministry of Coal) & Government of Jharkhand have formed a Joint  Venture  Company  namely  'Jharkhand  Central  Railway  Limited'  (JCRL)  on  31st August 2015 to undertake project development, financing and implementation of identified Railway projects in the State of Jharkhand.

To  evacuate  coal  from  North-Karanpura  coalfield  of  CCL,  Shivpur-Kathotia  Railway line, stretching over a length of 49.085 km, has been identified to be taken up by JCRL. Detailed Project Report has been prepared for approval of JCRL Board.

## (II). 'Mahanadi Coal Railway Limited (MCRL)' in the state of Odisha

A  Joint  Venture,  namely  'MCRL  (Mahanadi  Coal  Railway  Limited)'  has  been  formed among MCL (Mahanadi Coalfields Limited), Government of Odisha and Indian Railways for creating  rail  infrastructure  in  the  state  of  Odisha.  An  MoU  was  signed  on  20th  April  '15 among Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Coal and Government of Odisha for formation of Joint Venture to undertake project development, financing and implementation of identified projects.

Project identified to be taken up through the Joint Venture:

Phase 1: Angul -Balram- Jarpada-Tentuloi link at Talcher coalfields of MCL (69.10 KM) which consists of   Jharpada - Kalinga- Angul link (14.22 Km). Phase-I work is estimated at a  cost  of  Rs  1300.00  Cr  (approx.)  excluding  the  cost  of  land.  Work  in  Phase-I  segment  is expected to be completed by December 2018

Phase 2: Tentuloi- Budhapunk -   as phase - II (136 KM approx.) The work of Phase-II will be taken up after the commencement of work of Phase-I.

## (III). 'Chhattisgarh  East  Railway  Limited  (CERL)  and Chhattisgarh  East-  West Railway Limited (CEWRL)", in the state of Chhattisgarh

The evacuation of coal from Mand- Raigarh and Korba - Gevra Coalfields of South Eastern Coalfields  Limited (SECL),  shall  be  through  two  joint  ventures  namely  Chhattisgarh  East Railway Limited (CERL) and Chhattisgarh East- West Railway Limited (CEWRL).

(i) Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited, (CERL) , a JV Company formed by SECL, IRCON and Government of Chhattisgarh shall execute the work in two phases.

Phase 1 : Kharsia- Dharamjaygarh with Spur to Gare- Palma and three Feeder Lines of about 132  Km.  The  estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  Rs  3055  Cr.  Anticipated  completion  of  the project is Mar-19.

Phase 2 : Dharamjaygarh - Korba, length of about 67 Km. The estimated cost is Rs 1349 Cr. The project has been approved as Special Railway Project by Ministry of Railways.

- (ii)  Chhattisgarh  East-  West  Railway  Limited,  (CEWRL), a  JV  Company  formed  by SECL,  IRCON  and  Government  of  Chhattisgarh.  The  railway  line  from  Gevra  Road  to Pendra via Dipka, Katghora, Sendurgarh and Pasan (135 Km), Urga- Kusmunda (16 Km) and Feeder Lines ( 35 Km ) is being executed by Chhattisgarh East West Rail Ltd.(CEWRL),. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 4919 Cr. Tentative date of completion is March 2020.

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