Include UP-related projects in budget: Akhilesh Yadav to Centre
He has requested completion of broad line between Etawah-Mainpuri in the current fiscal and to make a provision in the forthcoming Railway Budget
 "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav gives final touches to the State Budget 2016-17 in Lucknow")
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav gives final touches to the State Budget 2016-17 in Lucknow
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has urged Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to include certain proposals related to Uttar Pradesh in Rail Budget 2016-17.
The chief minister in his letter to Prabhu has requested completion of broad line between Etawah-Mainpuri in the current fiscal and to make a provision in the forthcoming Railway Budget, an official spokesman said.
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He said the railway line between Mandhana-Anrawrganj on Kannauj-Kanpur section should be removed and a bypass track should be developed between Mandhana-Panki.
The CM also said the state government was constructing a greenfield expressway between Lucknow and Agra from its own resources.
He said if the Centre was to bring a parallel bullet train or rail line project, then the state was ready to provide land free of cost.
The chief minister in his letter to Prabhu has requested completion of broad line between Etawah-Mainpuri in the current fiscal and to make a provision in the forthcoming Railway Budget, an official spokesman said.
Read our full coverage on Union Budget 2016
He said the railway line between Mandhana-Anrawrganj on Kannauj-Kanpur section should be removed and a bypass track should be developed between Mandhana-Panki.
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The CM also said the state government was constructing a greenfield expressway between Lucknow and Agra from its own resources.
He said if the Centre was to bring a parallel bullet train or rail line project, then the state was ready to provide land free of cost.
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First Published: Feb 23 2016 | 4:32 PM IST