Katangi-Tirodi new line project is just a 13 km long missing link costing only Rs. 65 crore which has been demanded by local population & leaders since many decades. This demand became more feasible after Balaghat-Katangi section was converted from NG to BG a few years ago.
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Construction of this small link can convert 2 isolated and grossly underutilized branch lines i.e. 46km long Balaghat-Katangi and 47km long TumsarRd-Tirodi into a much more important/useful alternative route. There will be a lot of Operational convenience too (avoidance of loco reversal at...
more... Katangi and Tirodi). Local traffic, parcel traffic for IR and boost to local business & industry of otherwise backward area is also expected.
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Most probably this project should have been been taken as a material modification to the much delayed GC og SECR NG network JBP-G-Ballarsha, Mandla-Nainpur-Chhindwara-Nagpur-Nagbhir, Chhindwara-Parasia. Else SECR region never had political backing/clout to get a socially desirable project sanctioned and constructed.