Each the tasks have a completion deadline of three years.
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IMRAN NISSAR
India’s Cupboard Committee on Financial Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, has accepted two Railway tasks with over ₹6,400 crore.
These tasks embody Koderma – Barkakana Doubling (133 km), a bit of which passes by coal producing areas of Jharkhand. Moreover, it serves because the shortest and extra environment friendly rail hyperlink between Patna and Ranchi.
In case of the Ballari – Chikjajur Doubling (185 km) mission, it’ll cowl the Ballari and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka and the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The road may even improve connectivity to the Mangaluru Port.
In response to Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways and Info and Broadcasting, the elevated line capability will considerably improve mobility, leading to improved operational effectivity and repair reliability for the nationwide transporter.
These multi-tracking proposals are poised to streamline operations and alleviate congestion.
In response to him, the tasks overlaying seven districts throughout the States of Jharkhand, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, will enhance the prevailing community of the Railways by about 318 km.
The accepted multi-tracking mission will improve connectivity to over 1,400 villages and impression practically 29 lakh inhabitants.
Vaishnaw additional defined that the multi-tracking, may even increase transportation of commodities corresponding to coal, iron ore, completed metal, cement, fertilizers, agriculture commodities, and petroleum merchandise and many others
“The capability augmentation works will lead to further freight site visitors of practically 49 million tonnes each year (mtpa) – in one of many tasks it generate further freight site visitors of 30 mtpa and within the second round 19 mtpa ,” he mentioned including that these new strains will “minimise logistics price” and scale back oil import (52 crore litres), aside from leafing to decrease CO2 emissions (264 crore kg).
Each the tasks have a completion deadline of three years.
Revealed on June 11, 2025
