agdalpur is a city located in the southern part of Chhattisgarh state in India.
It is the
administrative headquarters of the Bastar district and Bastar division. Before
the independence of India, it also served as the capital of the erstwhile princely
state of Bastar. It is the fourth largest city of Chhattisgarh.
Bastar district has multiple scenic waterfalls that are popular for tourists throughout
India. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has identified Jagdalpur-
Teerathgarh-Chitrakoot-Barsur-Dantewada Circuit as one of the 45 Mega Tourist
Destinations/Circuits in India on the basis of footfalls and their future tourism potential.[3]
Transport
Road transport
Road network in and around Jagdalpur can be seen from the road network map of the
area.
The National Highways passing through Jagdalpur are NH
30 (connecting Raipur to Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh via NH 65), and NH
63 (connecting Jagdalpur to Nizamabad in Telangana) while passing
through Maharashtra.
NH 30 at Raipur connects Jagdalpur to Asian Highway 46 leading
to Nagpur and Kolkata. NH 30 near Vijayawada connects Jagdalpur to NH 65 leading
to Hyderabad and Pune.
Rail transport
Jagdalpur is connected by rail line to the eastern part of India. There are trains
connecting Jagdalpur railway station to Howrah, Bhubaneshwar and Visakhapatnam.
The rail connectivity of Jagdalpur to Durg via Rayagada and Raipur is about 658 km
long and takes 14.5 hours of travel time as compared to that by road which takes about
6–7 hours (distance 300 km).[4]
Jagdalpur-Rowghat Rail Line
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BRPL and IRCON signed a project execution agreement in July 2017, under which
IRCON will construct a railway line between Jagdalpur and Rawghat in Chhattisgarh.
The railway line will have 13 new railway stations and the estimated project cost Rs
2,538 crore approximately.[5]
Presently,[when?] the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this section of the rail line has
already been sanctioned by the Railways Board.[6]
Survey work is currently underway and the target was earlier set to complete survey
work of Jagdalpur-Kondagaon-Narayanpur by the month of March 2016 and of
Narayanpur-Rowghat section by the month of May 2016, but there have been delays
reported. In a government review carried out in February 2018,[7] it was reported that the
survey work for Jagdalpur to Kondagaon railway track laying comprising length of
91.76 km had been completed for Jagdalpur-Rowghat Railway project. It was also
reported that the survey work for Kondagaon to Rowghat for the 91.6 km to 140 km
distance in under progress. The project team was directed by government to complete
all the survey work for the project by 15 March 2018.
Air transport
Maa Danteshwari Airport has started daily flight services between
Jagdalpur, Raipur, Hyderabad by Alliance Air under the Regional Connectivity Scheme
(RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of Government of India.[8] Jagdalpur
Airport is spread over an area of 132 acres. IndiGo operates flights to Raipur and
Hyderabad. Currently it is connected with Delhi via Jabalpur by Alliance Air.
Climate
Jagdalpur has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) with three
main seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter. Summers last from March to May and
are hot, with the average maximum for May reaching 38.1 °C (100.6 °F). The weather
cools off somewhat for the monsoon season from June to September, which features
very heavy rainfall. Winters are warm and dry.[citation needed]
