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Ircon's top agenda: Rs 13,000-crore rail projects to better coal traffic

The Indian Railways has lined up 84 projects with an investment of Rs 98,980 crore to help coal evacuation

The government has recently come out with a road map to electrify 28,000 km in the next three financial years

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Shine Jacob New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Jun 06 2019 | 2:41 AM IST

State-run Ircon International has said it would complete four railway projects by March 2023 to boost coal evacuation from states like Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. These projects are worth over Rs 13,200 crore.

“Priority is being given to completion of these rail projects. Some of these projects for which we are representing the railways will be completed by 2020 itself. For some projects like Chhattisgarh East West Railway, we are in an advance stage of financial closure,” said S K Chaudhary, chairman and managing director of Ircon, a railway subsidiary.

The Indian Railways has lined up 84 projects with an investment of

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