​​​​​​​ Indian Railways Approves ₹755 Crore Champa-Korba Third Line Project to Enhance Capacity on Key Coal Corridor

• Champa–Korba Third Line Project: a 42 km third railway line in Chhattisgarh under South East Central Railway (SECR) sanctioned at ₹755 crore to decongest a saturated coal-evacuation corridor.
• Falls under Indian Railways' twin frameworks — Mission 3000 MT (freight loading target by 2029-30) and High-Density Network (HDN) Corridor upgrades.
• UPSC relevance: intersects infrastructure (GS-III), energy security, PM Gati Shakti, and coal logistics economics.