The Cupboard Committee on Financial Affairs has permitted three tasks of the Ministry of Railways with a complete price of roughly ₹7,927 crore.
The tasks are Jalgaon-Manmad fourth line (160 km), Bhusawal-Khandwa third and fourth traces (131 km) and Prayagraj (Iradatganj)-Manikpur third line (84 km).
The proposed multi-tracking tasks will ease operations and cut back congestion, offering the much-required infrastructural growth on the busiest sections between Mumbai and Prayagraj, the Ministry of Railways acknowledged.
The three tasks protecting seven districts in three States – Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh – will improve the prevailing community of Indian Railways by about 639 km. The proposed multi-tracking tasks will improve connectivity to 2 aspirational districts, Khandwa and Chitrakoot, serving roughly 1,319 villages and about 38 lakh inhabitants.
These are important routes for transporting commodities akin to agricultural merchandise, fertiliser, coal, metal, cement, containers, and so forth.
The proposed tasks will improve connectivity alongside the Mumbai-Prayagraj-Varanasi route by enabling the operation of extra passenger trains, benefiting pilgrims travelling to Jyotirlingas in Nashik (Trimbakeshwar), Khandwa (Omkareshwar), and Varanasi (Kashi Vishwanath), in addition to spiritual locations in Prayagraj, Chitrakoot, Gaya, and Shirdi.
Moreover, the tasks will promote tourism by improved entry to varied sights akin to Khajuraho, Ajanta & Ellora caves heritage website, Devgiri Fort, Asirgarh Fort, Rewa Fort, Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary, Keoti Falls and Purwa Falls.
Printed – November 26, 2024 12:07 am IST
