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Cabinet clears three rail connectivity projects
Thursday February 07, 2013 05:42:04 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The cabinet
Thursday approved new rail line projects worth over Rs.2,300
crore, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said.
"The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the three
projects...we hope to complete the projects in five years," Bansal
told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
Two projects are in the virgin coal belt in Chhattisgarh and will
help bridge the gap between demand and supply in western parts of
the country, the minister said. The third is in Gujarat.
The first project is a new 121-km broad gauge line between Gevra
Road and Pendra Road in South East Central railway at a cost of
Rs.838 crore. The second project relates to connecting the coal
belt of Raigarh to Bhupdeopur, covering 63 km, at a cost of Rs.379
crore.
The third project covers 247 km of doubling broad gauge line
between Palanpur and Samakhiali in Kutch area of Gujarat.
Bansal said this route, which is also a feeder route to the
Delhi-Mumbai dedicated freight corridor being planned, will
provide smooth passage of goods and passenger trains in the
section.
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