Govt sorts out land issues regarding Tori-Shivpur rail line

Land related issues with regard to long-pending Tori-Shivpur railway line, which would help in fast evacuation of coal to power plants, have been resolved and the 44-km long project is expected to be completed by 2017-end, a top official said today.
"Land related issues on Tori Shivpur railway line sorted out," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said in a tweet
"Project is likely to be completed by December 31, 2017," he tweeted further.
The Secretary also tweeted that the project will evacuate 80-100 million tonnes of coal.
Central Coalfields Ltd in a report had earlier said that the expected year of completion for Tori-Shivpur section was 2016-17.

The Environment Ministry had granted stage one forestry clearance to the Tori-Shivpur rail section in April 2011. The stage II clearance for the modified alignment came in June 2013.

The Jharkhand government, the Coal Ministry and the Railways had entered into a pact last year for a joint venture to construct railway lines in command areas of Central Coalfields.
The Coal Ministry's share in the JV is 64 per cent, the Railways has 26 per cent and the state government holds 10 per cent in a total equity of Rs 1,000 crore.
The Tori-Shivpur-Kathotia railway line is one of the three critical lines that Coal India (CIL) is actively pursuing.

The other two are in Chhattisgarh and Odisha.