CCEA approves construction of additional railway lines

The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved construction of six railway lines and a railway bridge to cater to both increased passenger and freight needs in various areas of the country.

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The proposals will cost over Rs.10,700 crore and most part of the expenditure will be met through extra budgetary resources (Institutional Financing).

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Details of the six approved projects are as follows:

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1) Doubling of Hubli-Chickajur railway line.

Doubling of 190 km long Hubli-Chickajur broad gauge single railway line has been approved. The total estimated expenditure will be Rs.1294.13 crore.

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The project is likely to be completed in 4¼ years during 13th Plan period and will cover the areas of Chitradurga, Davangere, Haveri and Dharwad.

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2) Construction of Wardha (Sewagram) - Ballarshah 3rd railway line

Construction of Wardha (Sewagram) - Ballarshah 3rd railway line of 132 km will be taken up at an estimated completion cost of Rs.1443.32 crore.

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The project is likely to be completed in five years during 13th Plan period and will be located in Wardha and Chandrapur districts.

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3) Doubling of Ramna-Singrauli railway line

Doubling of 160 km long Ramna - Singarauli railway line has been approved at a cost Rs.2675.64 crore and is likely to be completed by 2019-20.

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The project will cover the districts of Garhwa in Jharkhand, Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh and Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh.

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4) Construction of 3rd railway line between Anuppur-Katni

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Construction of 165 km long 3rd railway line between Anuppur-Katni in Madhya Pradesh has also been apporved at a cost of Rs.1595.76 crore.

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The project is likely to be completed in 5 ¼ years spanning over 12th and 13th plan period.

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The project would cover the districts of Anuppur, Shahdol, Umaria and Katni districts of Madhya Pradesh.

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5) Doubling of Katni-Singrauli railway line

Construction of doubling of 261 km long Katni - Singarauli railway at a cost of Rs.2084.90 crore has been approved. The project will be completed in 5 ¼ years.

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The project would cover the districts of Katni, Shahdol, Sidhi and Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh.

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6) Construction of additional Bridge and doubling project of Rampur Dumra-Tal-Rajendrapul

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Construction of additional Bridge and doubling project of Rampur Dumra-Tal-Rajendrapul sector in Bihar at a cost of Rs.1700.24 crore has also got CCEA's approval today.

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The project is likely to be completed by 2019-20. The project is located in Begusarai and Patna districts of Bihar.

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The existing rail-cum-road bridge at Hathidah has single line track and doubling is not possible. Present traffic utilization of the section is 123.5%. At present this is the only railway bridge connecting both North and South Bihar. Existing single line has resulted in heavy detention of goods and passenger traffic.

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In order to streamline the operation of traffic in this single line section, it is very essential that one additional bridge and doubling of this section is undertaken.

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By providing this facility, there will be ample fluidity in maintaining train operations as well as introduction of more passenger/goods trains in the section and it will augment line capacity too.

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This will also facilitate in minimizing the running time of trains between Kiul-Barauni and Mokama-Barauni section and will ease out the existing operational constraints in this section.