Lok Sabha Question No. 4572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: Railway Projects in Bastar(Chhattisgarh)
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Mahesh Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4572 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN BASTAR(CHHATTISGARH)

†4572.  SHRI MAHESH KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to State :

- (a) the details of the time limit fixed for the completion of railway projects  going  on  in  Bastar,  Chhattisgarh  along  with  the  current status of these projects;
- (b)  the  time  by  when the said projects are likely to be completed; and
- (c) the work progress report of these projects along with the details of the technology being used in the above projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (c) To improve the connectivity in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh, following projects have been taken up:

|   SN | Name of project                      |   Cost (Cr.) |
|------|--------------------------------------|--------------|
|    1 | Jagdalpur-Kirandul doubling (150 km) |         1500 |
|    2 | Jagdalpur-Rowghat New Line (140 km)  |         3513 |

128 km out of 150 km of this project has been completed and work on balance 22 km has been taken up.

Further, to improve the connectivity of Bastar District of Chhattisgarh, following surveys have been taken up for preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR):

|   SN | Name of Project                            |   Length (Km) |
|------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|
|    1 | Kothagudem-Kirandul New Line               |           180 |
|    2 | Gadchiroli to Bacheli via Bijapur New Line |           490 |

## Chhattisgarh:

Budget  allocation  in  the  recent  years  has  increased  significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh is as under:

| Period    | Outlay                         |
|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-2014 | ₹311 Cr/year                   |
| 2025-2026 | ₹6925 Cr ( More than 22 times) |

The details of Commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh during 2009-14 and 2014-24 is as under:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned          |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 32 Km                       | 6.4 Km/Year                          |
| 2014-25  | 1189 Km                     | 108.1 Km/Year ( more than 16 times ) |

As on 01.04.2025, 26 projects(06 New Lines and 20 Doubling), covering total length of 1,931 Km  length, costing ₹31,619 crore, falling fully/partly  in  the  state  of  Chhattisgarh,  are  at  various  stages  of planning and implementation, out of which 1023 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹16,325 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The status of the work is summarized as:

| Category                 |   No. of projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km) |   Length Commissioned till March'25 (Km) |   Total Exp upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 6 |                             609 |                                      184 |                              6154 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                20 |                            1323 |                                      839 |                             10171 |
| Total                    |                26 |                            1931 |                                     1023 |                             16325 |

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the state of Chhattisgarh are as under:

|   S.N | Name of Project                                           |   Latest Cost (cr.) |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Kharsia-Korichhapar new line(43 kms)                      |                 851 |
|     2 | Salka Road-Khongsara - Patch doubling (26 kms)            |                 181 |
|     3 | Durg-Rajnandgaon doubling (31 kms)                        |                 250 |
|     4 | Khodri-Anuppur doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 kms) |                 792 |
|     5 | Raipur - Titlagarh Doubling (203 kms)                     |                1171 |
|     6 | Bilaspur-Urkura 3rd line (110 kms)                        |                 365 |
|     7 | Champa-Jharsuguda 3 rd Line (152 kms)                     |                1227 |
|     8 | Pendra Road -Annupur 3 rd Line (50 kms)                   |                 394 |

In last 5 years i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 202425 and current financial year 2025-26, 19 projects covering a length of  676  kms  costing  ₹14,943  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Chhattisgarh have been sanctioned.

Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

Some of  the  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  Chhattisgarh  which  have been taken up are as under:

|   S.N | Name of Project                                 |   Total Cost (Cr) |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|     1 | Dallirajhara-Rowghat New Line (95 Km)           |              1627 |
|     2 | Rowghat-Jagdalpur New Line (140 kms)            |              3513 |
|     3 | Kharsia-Dharamjaygarh New Line (122 kms)        |              3438 |
|     4 | Gevra Road-Pendra Road New Line (135 kms)       |              3724 |
|     5 | Dharamjaigarh-Korba New Line (63 kms)           |              1686 |
|     6 | Sardega-Bhalumunda New Line (37 kms)            |              1282 |
|     7 | Kirandul-Jadgalpur Doubling (150 km)            |              1500 |
|     8 | Jagdalpur-Koraput Doubling (107 kms)            |              1547 |
|     9 | Jharsuguda-Bilaspur -4th line (206 kms)         |              2596 |
|    10 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3 rd line (228 kms)          |              3545 |
|    11 | Boridand- Ambikapur Doubling (80 kms)           |              1243 |
|    12 | RajnandGaon - Dongargarh 4th Line (31 kms)      |               328 |
|    13 | Bhatapara- Hathbandh 4th Line (16 kms)          |               177 |
|    14 | Kharsia - Parmalkasa 5th and 6th line (278 kms) |              7854 |

In last three years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26,  60  surveys  (26  New  Line  and  34  Doubling)  covering  a  total length of 5657 km has been taken up falling partly/fully in the State of Chhattisgarh.

Moreover to improve further connectivity in the State of Chhattisgarh following important surveys have been taken up:

|   Sl NO. | Name of Project                            |   Length (Km) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Sardega-Ambikapur New Line                 |           218 |
|        2 | Kothagudem-Kirandul New Line               |           180 |
|        3 | Gadchiroli to Bacheli via Bijapur New Line |           490 |
|        4 | Ambikapur-Barwadih New Line                |           285 |
|        5 | Baikunth-Urkura 4th Line                   |            26 |
|        6 | Pendra Road-Shahdol 4th Line               |            85 |
|        7 | Dongargarh-Gondia 4th Line                 |            73 |
|        8 | Bilaspur-Pendra Road 3rd Line              |           103 |
|        9 | Champa-Gevra Road 3 rd & 4 th Line         |            92 |

Indian  Railways  is  operated,  maintained  and  expanded  through  zonal railways. Therefore, Railway projects are also surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not Statewise/UT  wise/District  wise  as  the  Railway  projects  may  span  across State/UT/District boundaries.

Sanction of any railway project depend upon many parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated  traffic  projections  and  Remunerativeness  of  the proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

Railway projects falling fully/partly in Chhattisgarh are covered under South East Central Railway and East Coast Railway Zones of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website. Completion  of  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  which include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.

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