Chhattisgarh govt to allot 66 acres for two rail corridors

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to allocate 66 acres of land for speedy implementation of two railway corridor projects in the state.
The decision in this regard was taken during a meeting of an inter-departmental committee chaired by state Revenue Minister Premprakash Pandey here yesterday, a Public Relations Officer (PRO) said today.
It will expedite setting up of the East-West rail corridor and East corridor, he said.
The 122 km long East-West Rail Corridor will be built on the Gevra Road-Deepika-Katghora-Sindurgarh-Pasan-Pendra Road section. The Railway Ministry had submitted a proposal to the state government for allotment of land for this project.

After considering the proposal, it was decided to allocate 52-acre land for the purpose, of which 25 acres fall in Bilaspur district and the rest in Korba district.
For the East Corridor, the government has decided to sanction 14 acres in Raigarh district. The Corridor will be about 180 km long from Bhupdevpur-Gharghoda-Dharamjaygarh up to Korba, the official said.
The panel also sanctioned 20 acres of land for the under-construction rail route from Tilaipali to Lara village where a plant of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is coming up, the PRO said, adding coal mines in Tilaipali village were allocated to NTPC for the project.

The land for laying new tracks will be given to the concerned company on the condition it would not affect water resources like rivers and rivulets of the region, the official said.