Private stakeholders to be joint partners.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the Rs.5,617 crore Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna-Manesar-Kharkhauda.
The project, likely to be completed in five years, will be implemented by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC), a Joint Venture company set up by the Ministry of Railways with Haryana Government.
Private stakeholders will also be joint partners in the project, said the Ministry on 15 Sept 2020.
The Rail Line from Palwal will end at the existing Harsana Kalan station (On Delhi-Ambala section), enroute to the existing Patli Station (On Delhi-Rewari line), Sultanpur station (On Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar Line) and Asaudha Station (On Delhi Rohtak Line).
The Orbital Rail Corridor from Palwal to Sonipat bypassing Delhi is for sustainable development of the National Capital Region and to decongest the existing Indian Railway network in the Delhi area.
The alignment of this project is adjacent to the western peripheral (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) Expressway and has been under consideration for some time.
The project will have connectivity with all the existing Railway routes originating from Delhi and passing through Haryana State as well as with the Dedicated Freight Corridor network.
The line will help in developing multimodal logistics hubs in Haryana State sub-region of NCR.
It will provide high-speed seamless connectivity of this region to the Dedicated Freight Corridor network resulting in the reduction of cost and time of transportation for EXIM traffic from NCR to ports of India, making exports of goods more competitive.
This transport corridor along with other initiatives will provide infrastructure to attract multinational industries to set up manufacturing units to fulfill the ‘Make in India’ mission, said the Ministry.
The project is designed to manage approximately 20,000 passengers each day and 50 million tonnes goods traffic every year. #rail #infrastructure #project #tenders #transportation #investment /fiinews.com
