1. IRCON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
CHHATTISGARH RAIL CORRIDORS
PRESENTATION TO
SEMINAR DELEGATES ON BY
IRCON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

2. PRESENTATION STRUCTURE
About IRCON
Introduction of Chhattisgarh Coal Corridors
Historical Background
Details of the Corridors
Present Status
East Corridor
East-West Corridor
Planning of Execution

3. ABOUT IRCON Incorporated 1976 Mini Ratna 1998 Schedule ‘A’ status 2006
Cumulative Dividend Paid
INR 676 Crore
Net Worth
(as on )
INR 2993 Crore

4. ABOUT IRCON
The largest construction PSU in the country having International presence in developing countries
Earning profits since inception
Among the only 4 Indian companies which could make it to the list of top International Contractors by ENR and Ranked 173.
Highest credit rating of AAA by CARE

5. Areas of Operation
Railways – Infra, Track, Electrification and Signalling & Telecommunication
Highways / Roads
Electrical Sub-stations, Transmission & Distribution
Buildings – Commercial, Township
Metro Railways, High Speed railway
Special Structures – ROBs, Cable Stayed Bridge

6. Countries of Operation
Projects Completed -
Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Algeria, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Srilanka etc.
Projects under Execution -
Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Algeria, Bangladesh

7. Turnover
(INR Crore)

8. Major Completed Railway Projects
Malaysia
Design, Construction, Testing and Commissioning and Maintenance of the Double Track project between Seremban and Gemas
Value USD 1.04 Billion. .

9. Major Completed Railway Projects
Malaysia
Rehabilitation of 327 km track (mtr. Gauge) from Paloh to Singapore & from Slim river to Seremban main line
Double tracking of Rawang - Seremban railway line ( 126 km )
Double tracking of KL Port Klang railway line– 105 km
Design and Construction of Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas (31.5 km) Rail Link

10. Major Completed Railway Projects
India
Kashmir Valley New BG rail link Qazigund- Baramulla railway project- Value USD 456 Million.
Gauge Conversion from Rewari to Ajmer in Rajasthan. .

11. From Idea to Implementation
CHHATTISGARH COAL CORRIDORS
From Idea to Implementation

12. Historical Background
Committee headed by Sri A. K. Misra, Chief Secy. (Retd.), Chhattisgarh identified three rail corridors critical for movement of coal.
MoR and GoCG entered into a MOU in Feb’2012 to take up these projects on PPP basis.
MoR nominated IRCON to participate in the JV as per the Policy on Private Participation in JV Model for two of the three corridors considered bankable.

13. Gevra Road to Pendra via Katghora, Passan and Sendurgarh
Introduction
The two identified Corridors being: Bhupdeopur-Gharghoda-Karichhapar-Dharamjaigarh-Korba with a spur from Gharghoda to Donga Mauha
And
Gevra Road to Pendra via Katghora, Passan and Sendurgarh
It was decided that IRCON being the domain expert will be the implementing agency.

14. System Map
EAST_WEST CORRIDOR
EAST CORRIDOR

15. Traffic Potential in Raigarh Mand Region

16. Traffic in Million Tonnes
Traffic Projection
Year
Traffic in Million Tonnes
No. of Rakes Per Day
SECL
Private
Total
2019 – 20 15 2 12 14
2020 – 21 18 3
2021 – 22 20 4 16
2022 – 23 24 6 5 25
2023 – 24 26 8 21 27
2024 – 25 30 10 32
2026 – 27 33 28 9 37
2031 – 32 45 36 11 47
2036 – 37 60 48

17. Present Status
MoR had included the two corridors in the Pink Book as sanctioned projects.
This enabled MoR to declare these projects as Special Railway Projects for the purpose of land acquisition under the Railway Act.
Railway Act is exempt from the purview of the new Land Acquisition Act.
Ircon and its consultants have identified the land and its classification for the purpose of starting acquisition proceedings.

18. Present Status
DPR work for Kharsia-Dharamjaigarh has been completed. The detailed survey revealed why connectivity at Bhupdeopur was not possible and Kharsia was feasible and advantageous.
In a length of 74km, there are 6 stations, namely:
Gurda, Chhal, Gharghoda, Karichhapar, Kudumkela and Dharamjaigarh.
All stations will have passenger amenities as per scale.
Only single line planned beyond Karichhapar for 30km. Single line can evacuate about 25mt traffic while double line can evacuate up to 100mt.

19. Two Basic Prerequisites
Requirement of land—1100 Acre
Requirement of funds at today’s cost Rs Cr.

20. Applicable Acts, Resettlement & Rehabilitation
Land Acquisition Act 1894 is not valid any more.
Right to Fair Compensation, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act 2013 is in force since 1 Jan’ 2014.
This Act exempts the Railway Act and some other Acts from its purview.
Hence, MoR agreed to apply the Railway Act for land acquisition on these two projects.
The process started in March 2014.
The Railway Act says National Resettlement and Rebilitation Policy 2007 is applicable.

21. Status of Land Acquisition
Identified Private Land has been notified once.
Objections received at the end of statutory 30 days period have been disposed of.
Joint field measurement for identifying the actual land losers completed.
Differences noticed in the field due to discrepancies of land records are being notified again.
The process to be completed by Dec’2014.

22. Resettlement and Rehabilitation
The present policies differentiate between an Affected Person and a Displaced Person.
Care has been taken to see that there are no more than 10 displaced families in the entire project length.
About 1250 families in 49 village are losing part of their land holding.
All land losers will get annuity in proportion to the land lost other than the compensation for land.
Amount of compensation is being worked out on the basis of the new Act, i.e. between 3 to 4 times the market value.

23. Lessons of Land Acquisition Process
Make State Govts. partner in land related projects.
Land records are complicated and can not be interpreted scientifically. They are best left to field level officials of the State Govt. to interpret.
Computerization of land records is a half truth or a myth.
Forest Management Maps are also highly unscientific. Any co-relation with field is plain luck.

24. Concession
As per the provisions of proposed Concession Agreement, the JVC gets to share 50% of the apportioned traffic receipts for making the infrastructure available including maintenance cost.
JVC has to manage maintenance of infrastructure.
Railways take care of rolling stock, station operations and energy costs. All maintenance facilities of rolling stock are outside the project area.
Railways may consider special tariff in case of viability gap.

25. Bankability and Financial Closure
As per the provisions of proposed Concession Agreement, the JVC gets to share 50% of the apportioned traffic receipts for making the infrastructure available including maintenance cost.
Based on the traffic projection ( Initial traffic and growth), the project is considered bankable.
There will be negative cash flow for the first 15 years ( up to the level of 40MT per annum).
There may be cause for concern in case traffic projections are not met.

26. Construction Schedule---East Corridor
ACTIVITY
Mar'14-Sept’14
Oct'14-Mar’15
Apr'15-Sept’15
Oct’15-Mar'16
Apr’16-Sept'16
Oct16-Mar'17
Apr17-Sept'17
DEATILED SURVEY
FINANCIAL CLOSURE
LAND ACQUISITION
FOREST CLEARANCE
AWARD OF EXECUTION WORK
EARTHWORK
BRIDGES
TRACKWORK
STATION YARDS AND BUILDINGS
ELECTRIFICATION, SIGNALING, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING

27. East-West Corridor
Pendra Rd
Gevra Rd

28. Salient Features
Connects mines of Korba Distt to Bilaspur Katni Section at Pendra Road. (total length: 145km)
Thus relieving Raigarh-Bilaspur section of line capacity constraints and reducing the path to North Indian states by nearly 200kms.
At present Korba-Champa carries more than 50MT coal traffic. All additional coal production from Kusmunda, Gevra and Dipka mines is likely to be diverted to the new corridor.
Estimated to cost Rs Cr.

29. Execution Schedule---East West Corridor
ACTIVITY
Oct’14-Mar'15
Apr’15-Sep'15
Oct’15-Mar'16
Apr’16-Sept'16
Oct’16-Mar'17
Apr’17-Sep'17
Oct’17-Sept'18
DEATILED SURVEY
FINANCIAL CLOSURE
LAND ACQUISITION
FOREST CLEARANCE
AWARD OF EXECUTION WORK
EARTHWORK
BRIDGES
TRACKWORK
STATION YARDS AND BUILDINGS
ELECTRIFICATION, SIGNALING, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING

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