Indian Railways targets completion of Rs 1.15 lakh crore worth projects by 2024

The doubling of this line is essential in view of site visitors transferring from Burdwan to/fro Sahibganj for motion of coal for Farakka Tremendous Thermal Energy Station and Katwa Tremendous Thermal Energy Station which us underneath development.

Indian Railways has recognized 58 super-critical and 68 vital tasks price greater than `1,15,000 crore for completion by March 2024 to enhance mobility, security and create extra capability for operating extra passenger and freight trains on saturated and busy routes.

The nationwide transporter has focused for early completion of the tasks by focussed funding and steady monitoring because it has develop into crucial to ease the burden of railway site visitors on the golden quadrilateral, excessive density community routes and extremely utilised community routes. The excessive density and extremely utilised community routes represent 51% route size of the railway community however carries 96% of the site visitors.

The 58 tremendous vital tasks with a complete size of 3750 km and value of Rs 39,663 crore, are these involving multi-tracking – doubling/third line/4th line on busy routes – and requiring pressing enlargement, together with these that are already progressing effectively. Until date, 29 tremendous vital tasks with a complete size of 1,044 km and costing Rs 11,588 crore have been commissioned. Relaxation 27 tasks will likely be accomplished by December 2021 whereas remaining 2 tasks will likely be handed over by March 2022.

The 68 vital tasks of a complete size of 6,913 km with a value of Rs 75,736 crore are these requiring completion in subsequent stage and are all civil works involving associated electrification and signalling. Of those 68 tasks, 4 of them with 108 km size and costing Rs 1,408 crore have been accomplished until date. The steadiness tasks are focused to be accomplished by March 2024.

The important thing capability constructing tasks which have been delivered reduce throughout states of Assam, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand. In Assam, the railways has commissioned second line observe on Naranarayan setu on Brahmaputra river of the New Bongaigaon-Guwahati part. In West Bengal, a part of two doubling tasks i.e. Katwa- Bazar Sau and Azimganj-Bazar Sau has been commissioned.

The doubling of this line is essential in view of site visitors transferring from Burdwan to/fro Sahibganj for motion of coal for Farakka Tremendous Thermal Energy Station and Katwa Tremendous Thermal Energy Station which us underneath development.

In Maharashtra, an excellent vital mission, Bhusaval-Jalgaon third line, has been commissioned to take away bottleneck within the the Mammad-Khandwa and Bhusaval-Udhna part and in Uttarakhand, the doubling of Haridwar-Laksar part has been commissioned. With this, all the route from nationwide capital New Delhi to Haridwar through Meerut, Muzaffarnagar and Roorkee has develop into a double line which can enhance punctuality on this busy route.