The Baikunth-Urkura section is a vital part of the Bilaspur–Raipur-Nagpur main line, which also falls on the Mumbai-Howrah high-density railway network, one of the busiest rail corridors in the country.
A major subsidence occurred in Jemari village under Raniganj in West Burdwan district. The affected area is barely 200 metres away from the railway line.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the doubling of the Tirupati–Pakala–Katpadi single railway line section (104 km) in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at an estimated cost of approximately Rs 1,332 crore.
The region is home to key industrial hubs, including the Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station and Ballarpur Paper Mills, and serves coal belts operated by Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) in Chandrapur.
Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government also came under sharp criticism over the news of preparing to fell 63,799 trees in Lucknow along the Gomti river for the Defence Expo, to be held in February next year.
