I don't think this to be happening in the near future as Govt of India has suspended import of high quality coal since COVID times due to high price and to save foreign reserves. Instead they are planning to Increase the local capacity.
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Also the demand of energy in the near future is going to shoot up as per study....
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So there will be more coal extraction and subsequently more freight movement in chhattisgarh. Adding to this there also seems a bad news that IR not interested in funding more DFCs.
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Conclusion: Chhattisgarh people may continue to suffer despite quadrupling project of JSG-NGP as traffic is going to see a major surge in coming years.

The only solution comes to my mind is that there should be more and more new rail routes like Mahasamund- Bargarh, Katghora-Dongargarh, Raipur-Jharsuguda, katghora-Ambikpur-Barwadih/Renukoot, korba-Gumla etc. so as to divert the fright trains using Mumbai Howrah main line and ease the traffic.

Also since inception of SECR no new rail routes have been laid so far as can be seen.(decrease in length can be due of closure of narrow gauge)

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Except the only ones being funded by PSUs like SAIL, SECL and NTPC through their Deposit funds.

The main problem is Chhattisgarh being having less parliamentary seats doesn't have powerful voice for its genuine demands and thus gets looted.
But still hope for the best.

The only option to save this VB in my opinion is to connect this to nearest Tier-1 city Hyderabad with aggressive schedule and removing some halts like Rajnandgaon and gondia to increase it's AVG speed as could be seen it gets delayed most of the time, so people have started thinking of it as normal SF train and why to spend huge money for this short distance travel.
It could be win-win situation for both NGP and CG passengers.
Other extension could be upto Bhopal.
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do you think sir?

There is not a single train for two major metros Mumbai and Kolkata originating from SECR.
The premium ones which passes by like Duronto have very limited seats for secr passengers.
Therefore I personally would have been more enthusiastic if it would have been introduced between 1:BSP to CSMT and 2:NGP to KOAA
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Speed would be managed(as the name VB is meant for) then it would have been okay with chair car configurations.

Secondly, on this route no Premium trains like Shatabdi has been tested apart from Rajdhani which is meant for long distance and gets its share of pax from various big stations on route.
So I doubt about its big success until fares are in check.
Moreover introducing this type of premium trains uptil major metros is more beneficial if started from Tier 2/3 cities to get decent pax, otherwise there are several other routes also for consideration but the the above mentioned two destinations are much needed as there is no single one origin from secr.

Sir it has been more than 20 years now the formation of secr. Still one thing I don't understand every zone gets atleast one or two new rail lines in every years budget but there has been not a single new rail line implemented by secr. Whatever the work is going on is bcoz of BSP, SECL, NMDC and NTPC with their own funds and not a single penny has been provided by secr in 2 decades.
They always recite the very old notion of unprofitability but i don't understand how can be the laying of rail lines in the states of Chhattisgarh Jharkhand and Orissa be loss making. Whatever be the expenditure occured in laying on tracks can easily be recovered...
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in 5 years by transportation of valuable resources.