At present, there are 7 new lines, 6 gauge conversion, 2 doubling and 3 railway electrification ongoing railway projects under North Eastern Railway. An expenditure of ' 4309 crore has been incurred upto March, 2014 and an outlay of ' 402.65 crore has been provided for these projects for the year 2014-15. Due to huge throwforward of ongoing projects and limited overall availability of funds, it is not possible to provide adequate funds to all the projects on a regular basis which is a pre-requisite to fix the time lines.
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