Lok Sabha Question No. 4748 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Coal Evacuation Railway Project
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Mahabali Singh, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Khagen Murmu, Ravindra Kushawaha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4748

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## COAL EVACUATION RAILWAY PROJECT

†4748.

SHRI MAHABALI SINGH: SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to strengthen Indian Railways infrastructure  by commissioning fourteen critical coal evacuation railway projects for quick transportation to reduce transportation cost of domestic coal;
- (b) if so, the names of the projects selected for the said purpose;
- (c) the present progress and status of these projects;
- (d) whether the Railways is also considering to develop/construct a dedicated  freight  corridor  to  supply  coal  to  power  generation plants across the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Railways has identified such corridors and studied its feasibility and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4748 BY SHRI MAHABALI SINGH, SHRI RAVI KISHAN, SHRI KHAGEN MURMU  AND  SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  29.03.2023 REGARDING COAL EVACUATION RAILWAY PROJECT

(a) to (c):   Yes, Sir. Details of these projects are as under:

|   SN | Project                                                                                                                                                   |   Length (km) | Present Status                                                                         |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Third Line from Tori to Shivpur                                                                                                                           |         44.37 | Work taken up. Physical progress - 70%                                                 |
|    2 | Doubling of Jharsuguda - Barpali Sardega Rail Link at Ib Valley Coalfield of MCL                                                                          |         50.3  | Jharsuguda-Kechobahol (20 Km) doubling commissioned. Work taken up in balance section. |
|    3 | Rail connectivity of Lingaraj SILO with existing Deulbera Siding at Talcher Coalfield of MCL                                                              |          4.8  | Completed                                                                              |
|    4 | Railway line from Bhadrachalam to Sattupalli                                                                                                              |         54.1  | Completed                                                                              |
|    5 | Railway line from Shivpur to Kathotia                                                                                                                     |         49.09 | Work taken up. Physical Progress - 22%                                                 |
|    6 | (Phase-I) Kharasia - Korichapar- Dharamjaigarh(122 Km) (Phase-II) Dharamjaigarh - Urga(63 Km)                                                             |        185    | 106 Km Commissioned. Balance Work Taken up.                                            |
|    7 | Doubling of East- West Rail Corridor (Gevra Road - Pendra Road)                                                                                           |        135    | Work taken up. Physical Progress - 37%                                                 |
|    8 | Mahanadi Coal Railway Limited (MCRL)(Phase-I & Phase-II) Angul-Balram Rail Link(Phase-I), Balram - Putagadia - Jarapadia - Tentuloi Rail Link (Phase- II) |         69    | Angul-Balram Rail Link(Phase-I) Completed. Phase-II - Preliminary Activity taken up.   |

|   9 | Doubling of Rail line from Singrauli to Shaktinagar via Karaila Road.                        | 45           | Karaila - Singrauli (13 Km), Krishnashila- Shaktinagar (11 Km) and Karaila-Anpara (11 Km) commissioned. Work taken up in Anpara - Krishnashila (10 Km) section.   |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  10 | Doubling of Singrauli to Mahadiya and Mahadiya to Katni Section                              | 260          | 133 km Commissioned. Work taken up in the balance section.                                                                                                        |
|  11 | Third line from Patratu - Tori - Son Nagar in Barkakana-Barwadih- Garhwa Road section        | 291          | 38.5 Km Commissioned. Work taken up in the balance section.                                                                                                       |
|  12 | Fourth line from Jharsuguda to Bilaspur                                                      | 206          | 58 Km commissioned. Work taken up in the balance section.                                                                                                         |
|  13 | Doubling of DFC-Dadri to Son Nagar & extension upto Koderma                                  | 1100 (appx.) | 886 Km commissioned.                                                                                                                                              |
|  14 | Third and fourth lines from Talcher to Budhapank and Third line from Budhapank to Rajathgarh | 72           | 3rd line between Budhapank - NTPC Block Cabin (8.8 Km) and 4 th Line between Talcher - Budhapank(6.87 Km) Commissioned. Work taken up in balance section.         |

(d) & (e): Presently,  Ministry  of  Railways  is  implementing  two Dedicated  Freight  Corridors  namely,  Eastern  Dedicated  Freight Corridor (EDFC) from Ludhiana to Sonnagar (1337 Km) and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) from Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port  Trust  (1506  km.).  Currently,  1749  km  out  of  2843  km  of Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) has been completed. The Eastern DFC will mainly cater to coal, cement, finished steel and other bulk commodities.  Eastern  DFC  will  facilitate  faster  evacuation  of  coal from the eastern part of the country for the Thermal Powerhouses located   in   northern  hinterland.   Ministry   of   Railways   has  also

sanctioned  for  the  survey  and  preparation  of  Detailed  Project Reports (DPR) for new Dedicated Freight Corridors on the following routes  and  the  outcome  of  DPRs  would  be  the  primary  basis  for considering for these new DFC corridors: -

- (i) East-Coast Corridor: from Kharagpur to Vijayawada (1078 Km)
- (ii)
- East-West corridor :-
- a)   From Palghar to Dankuni (2106 Km)
- b)   From Rajkharsawan to Andal (200 Km)
- (iii) North-South sub-corridor : from Itarsi to Vijayawada (931 Km)

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