Approved: Rail tracks expansion for transportation of varied basket of commodities
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved seven multi-tracking projects of Ministry of Railways with estimated cost of around Rs.32,500 crore, with 100% funding from Central Government.
The proposed multi-tracking will ease operations and reduce congestion, providing the much-required infrastructural development on the busiest sections across Indian Railways.
The projects covering 35 Districts in 9 States — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by 2,339 km and will provide employment of 7.06 crore man-days to the people of the states.
The projects include:
Gorakhpur-Cantt-Valmiki Nagar – Doubling of existing line
Son Nagar-Andal Multi tracking Project- Multi-Tracking
Nergundi-Barang and Khurda Road-Vizianagaram – 3rd Line
Mudkhed-Medchal and Mahbubnagar-Dhone – Doubling of the existing line
Guntur-Bibinagar – Doubling of the existing line
Chopan-Chunar – Doubling of existing line
Samakhiali-Gandhidham – Quadrupling
These are essential routes for transportation of varied basket of commodities such as foodgrains, fertilizers, coal, cement, fly-ash, iron and finished steel, clinkers, crude oil, lime stone, edible oil among others, the Ministry said on 16 Aug 2023.
The capacity augmentation works will result in additional freight traffic of magnitude 200 MTPA (Million Tonnes Per Annum).
The Railways being environment friendly and energy efficient mode of transportation, will help both in achieving climate goals and for reducing logistics cost of the country. Fiinews.com
