THE WORK OF THE BHANUPALLI BILASPUR BERI RAILWAY LINE IS IN PROGRESS AND MAY BE COMPLETED BEFORE 2025

A RTI application had been placed before the Public Information Officer Rail Vikas Nigam limited ,union ministry of Railways which was related to the survey work of the Bhanupalli  Bilaspur Beri new broad gauge railway line and was asked about the future planning design &Scope and the execution of the said railway project where in it was informed by the CIC through RVNL that said line is 63.10 Km for which 52 Km of length of the railway line is with in the areas of District Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh and the remaining 11 Km of the length is with in the areas of the Roop Nagar District of Punjab and in the total length of strech there would be twenty tunnels and twenty one major bridges besides other small bridges .The work is in progress and the land acquisition process for 0to 45 Km has been completed and proposal has been sent to the government as for as the forest areas are concerned clearance has been received from the union ministry of the envoirnment , forest and the climate change recently however the stage -2 required for 45 to 52 Km stretch will be applied as per the opinion of the expert group formed to speed up the above rail project. The Deputy Commissioner Bilaspur and the ACS revenue department govt of Himachal Pradesh would initiate evaluation assessment of the report by experts and appraisal of the new broad gauge line estimated cost of which has been described to rupees 6700 crores .