Not very true.... Umred, chandrapur and koradi coal mines are there for decades and coal was always needed to be transported...But still GC was not done....
Reason was neglect by politicians...There was no big politician in this region to push for this GC..Like Kamalnath in chhindwara...
GC was approved by maharashtra govt with half funds...after Gadkari and Fadnavis from Nagpur got major role in state and centre politics....