Government approves four Multi-Tracking projects of Railways covering 13 Districts
This multi-tracking project will enhance the connectivity to approx 2,309 villages, which are having a population of about 43.60 lakh.
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved four projects of the Ministry of Railways with a total cost of Rs. 11,169 crore (approx.). The project covers 13 Districts across the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand and will help in increasing the existing network of Indian Railways by about 574 km.
The projects included are as follows:
(1) Itarsi – Nagpur 4th Line
(2) Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) - Parbhani Doubling
(3) Aluabari Road- New Jalpaiguri 3rd and 4th Line
(4) Dangoaposi- Jaroli 3rd and 4th Line
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This multi-tracking project will enhance the connectivity to approx 2,309 villages, which are having a population of about 43.60 lakh. The projects are planned on PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan with focus to enhance the multi-modal connectivity & logistic efficiency through integrated planning and stakeholder consultations. These projects will provide seamless connectivity for movement of people, goods, and services.
These are essential routes for transportation of commodities such as coal, cement, clinker, gypsum, fly ash, containers, agriculture commodities, and Petroleum products etc. The capacity augmentation works will result in additional freight traffic of magnitude 95.91 MTPA (Million Tonnes Per Annum).
This project establishment act as environment friendly and energy efficient mode of transportation, helping both in achieving climate goals and minimizing logistics cost of the country, reduce oil import (16 Crore Litres) and lower CO2 emissions (515 Crore Kg) which is equivalent to plantation of 20 Crore trees.
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