SUDHENDU J. SINHA DIRECTOR PLANNING, RAILWAY BOARD Date :

Importance  Critical for evacuation & transportation of 615 MT of Coal production target by  MCL - incremental production significant for AP, TN and Karnataka.  Ch projects important for Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Imp … Substantially increase coal availability. Improve Power Scenario. Enhance Freight Rev. of Rlys. Enhance incremental rev. of Jharkhand.

COAL CONNECTS  No. Of Project : 31 [Jointly identified by Min. of Rly., Power & Coal] CRITICAL:5 MAJOR:9 MINOR:17

SWEEP RAILWAY WISE: SUBSIDIARY WISE: ECR- 18 CCL- 12 SECR- 06 NCL- 07 ECOR- 03 SECL- 05 ER- 01 MCL- 05 SER- 01 BCCL- 01 SER+ ECR- 01 SCCL - 01 SCR- 01

SNSN Name of ProjectCoal FieldCoal Subsi. Co. State 1Tori-Shivpur - Kathautia North Karanpura CCLJH. 2Shivpur -KathautiaNorth Karanpura CCLJH. 3Jharsuguda-SardegaIB ValleyMCLOdisha 4Bhupdeopur- Korichappar-Baroud Mand- Raigarh SECLCH. 5.Diversion of fire affected area. JHARIABCCLJh. WB CRITICAL COAL CONNECTS

TORI- SHIVPUR- KATHAUTIA

1. Tori-Shivpur New Line (CCL) Milestone : Stage I - Conditional clearance. [ / ] Stage II - Clearance on Work from Tori end. TDC: June [ CCI Target for Mar /2015] 43 Km Cr. 60MT out of total 140 MT. Deposit work of CCL CAO/CON/ECR

Assistance Required Complete possession of required 375 ha of land is made available by Jh by At present, 99 ha of Govt. and Raiyati (Pvt.) land are not available at 131 locations/stretches in the entire span of 44 km. Tree Felling and Clearance by Adequate security for men and machines deployed. Deputation of LA & Forest officials to resolve issues. Beef up Security at vulnerable loctions. Ensuring inter-district coord. (Chatra, Latehar, Hazaribagh)

2 Shivpur-Kathautia (Part of Tori-Kathautia Revised Alignment)  Milestone : Early identification of forest : to enable Rlys to file Stage-I. Land Acquisition. Handing Over Possession. Final Forestry Clearance. Shivpur-Hazaribag was not agreed by MoEF hence changed to Shivpur-Kathautia Km 1250 Cr. CCL CAO/CON/ECR.

3. Jharsuguda-Barpalli-Sardega Km. IB Valley O disha 555 Cr. MCL CAO/CON/SER. Takes off from Jharsuguda-FCI-Shunting neck & terminates at buffer end at Sardega. Includes Dhutra connection. Passes through Jharsuguda & Sundergarh districts, 24 vill., 2 Tehsils- Jharsuguda & Hemgir & 2 Forest Div. - Sambalpur & Sundergarh. To evacuate and transport 60 MT of coal from Gopalpur- Manoharpur Blocks in IB valley of MCL.

Jharsuguda-Barpalli-Sardega … Includes : Con. of Main Sdg. b/n FCI Shtg. Neck & Sardega. : Loading Bulb at Barpali. : Rail Flyover at Jharsuguda. Target : Dec.’ : After hectic persuasion by the Railways, Stage- I forest clearance has been forwarded by the State Govt. to MoEF and the clearance is likely to be obtained shortly.

: MOU with CH. 3 corridors : East. North. East-West Corridor. Bhupdeopur- Korichhapar/Baroud [Mand- Raigarh]- Part East Corridor. Execution : SPV route with CH. CIL. IRCON. Bhupdeopur- korichappar-Korba & Gevra road –Pendra road projects. NL b/n Bhupdeopur-Korichapar will be extended to Korba via Dharmjaigarh - 63 km project costing 344 Cr. Gevra Road to Pendra Road (East-West Corridor), 122 km.“In Principle” approval from Plg Comm. March 13: 2 JVs formed. Land acquisiton is in process. TDC : 2yrs for Ph I & 3 Yrs. For complete. 4. Bhupdeopur-Korichappar-Baroud

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Diversion of Fire Affected Railway Lines in Jharia area of BCCL  133 Track km.  172 trains I/C 46 Pass.  DHN & ADRA

MAJOR COAL CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS

1. Piparwar Railway Siding [CCL] 30 Km Cr. CCL RITES 25 MT  Roadblocks : Severe Law & Order problem  TDC- Dec.’13 for Ph I & Jun’14 for Ph II

 Facts : 12.5 Km 129Cr CCL MT CAO/C/ECR. take off from 11 th km of Piparwar.  Milestone : Transferred to RVNL..  Target : June Ashoka Siding Project [CCL] Completion of balance work of Dhori siding of CCL

3. Shivpur-Chatti Bariatu & Hazaribagh-Banadag Sdgs.  Facts : Shivpur-Chatti Bariatu (14 km) & Hazaribagh- Banadag (9 km) ECR. NTPC CAO/CON/ECR Survey by RITES  Milestone :  Shivpur-Chatti-Bariatu : DPR submitted to NTPC.  Banadag project : Likely to be opened for Goods Traffic.

4. Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakhana-Ranchi -NL  Milestone : TDC for Koderma-Hazaribagh : Oct.’13 Hazaribagh-Barkakhana (57 km) : Sept.’14 Barkakhana-Ranchi (65 km): Dec.’15  Facts : 189 km Cr. JH share - 66% CAO/CON/ECR. Important for evacuation of coal from Hazaribagh-Banadag siding.

5. Koderma – Tilaiya New Line  Milestone : Stage-II forest clearance from BH –Pending. fly over at Manpur - To avoiding reversal. NTPC to give consent. Land acquisition Issues. 70% civil work in non forest area is complete. TDC : – Stage-I -non forest land (40km) : – Stage-II in forest land (25km)  Fact : 64 Km. Line [34 km under forest area of Bh & Jh] 418 Cr. CAO/CON/ECR Critical for : BARH Thermal Power Plant of NTPC [Operational -Feb’ 14]. Involves construction of 5 long tunnels 6 via ducts bridges.

6. Angul- Talcher Bulb Line Doubling of feeder lines Auto signalling

Rail Corridor connecting Angul-Talcher Line 7.  Facts : 85 Km Cr RITES Odisha (IDCO). Corridor involves laying of Railway lines & roads.  Milestone : Feasibility report submitted. State Govt. has requested to implement through PPP route. CMPDIL has suggested change in alignment that needs to be firmed up. PPP Policy in place.10/12/12. 5 Models: Non Govt Pvt. Line JV BOT Cap Augmentation : Fundng by customers : Annuity Alternative: Feeder route Doubling and auto Signalling.

8. Bhadrachalam-Sattupalli NL  Milestone : Rs.6 cr. provided by SCCL to SCR for conducting FLS etc. by SCCL. Sept Working Plan of Construction to be submitted. Nov 13. – Terminal Arrangement for Sattupalli to be finalised by SCCL.  Facts : Km Cr SCCL CAO/CON/SCR.

9. Vasundhara : Addl. Link Odisha Govt.+ MCL+ SECR+ Rampia Co. ‘Common Corridor Concept’

Balance Coal Connectivity Projects S.No.Name of Project Executing Agency Coal Subsi Projects Status 1. Renovation of Chainpur-SaruberaDHNCCLTDC Sept Completion of balance work of Dhori siding of CCL. ECRCCLWork completed 3 Improvement of Dudhi Chua siding. DHNNCLTDC July 2013 Raising of speed from SKTN to DCH 4 Modification of Dudhi Chua Yard for 2nd Silo DHNNCLTDC Sept addl. rakes 5 New Railway Siding for Block B project RITESNCLFeasibility report submitted by RITES to NCL. 6 Complete track renewal at Shaktinagar to Jayant Silo of NCL including improvement to Jayant and Spur siding RITESNCLEstimate submitted by RITES. 7 Balance work of KBJ railway line between Krishnashila and Shaktinagar Railway station RITESNCLNCL to submit full estimate value. 8 PRL system Amlohri and Nigahi RITESNCLDPR is under process by RITES

S.No.Name of ProjectExecuting Agency Coal Subsi Projects Status 9 Krishanshila Railway siding RITESNCL DPR is under process by RITES 10Railway Sdg at Lakhanpur Coalfields of Bishrampur Area RITES have done initial survey and feasibility study SECL SECL has to give the DPR for taking the project further 11New Rly Siding at Kusmunda areaSECRSECLNov’ 13 TDC DPR 12Construction of New sdg. parallel to old sdg. at Bhatgaon area SECRSECLDPR under approval 13 Magadh and Amarpalli Rly. Siding CCL March Feasibility report of Amarpalli submitted April 2013 – Feasibility report of Magadh submitted. 14 Renovation of CP siding of Giridih of MNK area ASNCCLTDC Dec Renovation of Swang & Jarandih siding DHNCCLEstimate under preparation. 16 Temporary connect of Lingraj siding with Talcher main line. RITESMCL DPR under preparation. Feasibility report in advanced stage nd siding at Himgir station, Kanika RITESMCL DPR approved by SECR. Land issue to be sorted by MCL. Balance Coal Connectivity Projects

ISSUES:AREAS OF CONCERN Environmental clearances. Land acquisition and possession. Law & order.