For expansion of railway network of Indian Railways govt approves projects worth Rs. 24,374.86 crore in Nine States

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for nine projects worth Rs. 24,374.86 crore in nine States for expansion of railway network and connectivity across the country.

S.No.	States	Project	Length (kms)	Expenditure (in crores)
1	Assam	Construction of 2nd railway line between New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya	176	2586.85
2	Jharkhand	Construction 3rd line between Kharagpur (Nimpura) and Adityapur	132	1483.36
3	Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra	Construction of 3rd line between Rajnandgaon-Nagpur (Kalumna) in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh and Gondia, Bhandara and Nagpur districts in Maharashtra	228.3	2,193.53
4	Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh	Construction of 3rd line between Mathura and Jhansi Construction of 3rd line between Jhansi and Bina	273.80 152.57	4,377.13 2,273.84
5	Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra	Construction of 3rd line between Itarsi and Nagpur	280 km	2,882.94
6	Telangana and Maharashtra	Construction of 3rd line between Ballarshah and Kazipet	201.04	2,403.22
7	Andhra Pradesh	Construction of 3rd line between Vijaywada and Gudur	287.67	3,875.68
8	Odisha and Chhattisgarh	Construction of 4th line between Jharsuguda and Bilaspur	206	2,298.31
TOTAL – Nine projects			1,937.38	24,374.86

Besides facilitating the travel by easing the traffic bottlenecks, the approved lines would help the upcoming industries in the region and additional transport capacity to meet their requirements.

The goods trains supplying foodgrains from one region to another, various industries, mines, coal fields and power plants will have additional transport capacity through these lines resulting in more revenues to Indian Railways.