Infrastructure development driving Chhattisgarh’s growth

Under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Raman Singh, Chhattisgarh has made rapid progress in laying of roads, railway lines, telecommunications and electricity facilities in the state. In fact, development of infrastructure has been a priority area of the state government. ment of Chhattisgarh and works on 1,300 km new railway lines are progressing at a rapid pace. The new railway corridor East Corridor Kharsia-Dharamjaigarh-Korba is 180 km long. The total expenditure will be Rs 4,000 crore.

The East-West Corridor Gowra-Pendraroad’s length is 122 km. It will entail an expenditure of Rs 3,500 crore. The Raoghat Corridor’s length is 235 km. The total expenditure is Rs 4,000 crore. The total length is 537 km and will entail an expenditure of Rs 11,500 crore. The Union government has sanctioned several new railway tracks on the proposals of Chhattisgarh, including the RaipurBalodabazar-Jharsuguda railway line of 310 km, the Chirmiri-Ambikapur-Barwadih ( Jharkhand) of 182 km, the Dongragarh-Khairagarh-Kawardha-Barwadih railway line of 270 km. The Mumbai-Kharagpur East-West Corridor Frontier Railway Corridor will pass thorough Chhattisgarh. The railways had a network of mere 1,187 km during the past 150 years and in the next five years, Chhattisgarh will add another 1,300 km.