Anuppur - Katni Third Railway Line [166 Km]

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Information South East Central Railway [SECR] - II has come up with Anuppur - Katni Third Railway Line [166 Km] with a ticket size of 1370.94 INR Crores. This project in Railway Track sub-sector involves The current status of the project is Notice to Proceed and is being developed through the EPC route. Economic/Social Impact of the Project The third railway line between Anuppur-Katni [166 km] is an important coal connectivity project in the state of Madhya Pradesh covering Anuppur, Shahdol, Umaria and Katni districts. There has been tremendous surge in freight and passenger traffic the proposed line owing to an increase in coal mining. Substantial additional coal traffic from IB valley, Korba area, East Corridor and Gevra Road - Pendra Road Project would be channelized through this route to the respective destination. Moreover, rapid industrialization has led to mushrooming of industrial townships along the project line. With this anticipated increase of freight traffic, the capacity utilization will reach upto 175percentage, making the construction of a third line essential.