Dongargarh-Bhatapara-Raipur-Bhilai-Durg-Rajnandgao n-Dongargarh is 206kms only and the 270kms long new route Dongargarh-Kharigarh-Kawardha-Bilaspur is quite circuitous and with very low passenger traffic potential. As Bilaspur-Dongargarh shall be a part of Mumbai-Kolkata DFC, the utility of the proposed circuitous Dongargarh-Kharigarh-Kawardha-Bilaspur line shall be very little. Instead the under construction Dallirajhara-Raoghat-Jagdalpur line should be extended southwards from a suitable point to to give shorter connectivity from Chhatisgarh/ Eastern UP to south India.