(a) whether the Railways have issued orders for final Location Survey of Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Bairi
broad gauge railway project;
(b) if so, the time by which the survey is targeted to be completed and the work on this project
will be started; and
(c) the steps taken by the Railways to declare this broad gauge railway line as a National
Project?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS(DR. R. VELU)
(a) & (b): The Final Location Survey for Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri new line work has already been
taken up and has been completed for the first 20 Km. length. The final location survey is
targeted to be completed by September, 2009. The land acquisition papers have also been processed.
(c): As per extant guidelines,Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri new line project does not qualify to be
declared as a `National Project`.