New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved seven multi-tracking projects of the Ministry of Railway, including the Nergundi-Barang & Khurda Road-Vizianagaram 3rd Line in Odisha, marking an investment of Rs 32,500 crore.
These fall under PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan Multi-model Connectivity and will be taken up with 100% funding from the central government, official sources said.
Addressing a presser, Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishaw said that the projects are intricately interconnected and should be viewed holistically, as they collectively contribute to the modernisation of Indian Railways. He added that the upcoming multi-tracking projects will cover 34 districts in nine states of India, which includes Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Besides giving a boost to railway infrastructure and increasing the existing network of Indian Railways by 2339 km, the projects would augment freight capacity, accommodating approximately 200 million tonnes of additional freight traffic annually, and provide employment to 7.06 crore person-days to the people of the states.
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