NPG under PM GatiShakti discusses roadways, railway projects worth Rs 5,000 crore
These projects included a new railway line project passing through the States of Odisha and Chhattisgarh, Mirzapur-Ayodhya Corridor.
These projects included a new railway line project passing through the States of Odisha and Chhattisgarh, Mirzapur-Ayodhya Corridor.
State Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar, who also oversees the Transport Department, underlined the government's commitment to exploring the railway project
The railways minister also asked the people to take up the matter with the state if they have not got the benefit of the project.
"As on April 1 this year, 484 railway projects of 51,165 km length costing approximately Rs 7.53 lakh crore are in different stages of planning or sanction or execution, out of which 10,638 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.2.14 lakh crore has been incurred up to March 2021,"
Flagging-off goods train on Manigram-Nimtita newly electrified section under Eastern Railway virtually, he said, “West Bengal is lagging behind in terms of development and progress. We took up development projects in Bengal but many are stuck at different levels, largely due to land acquisition problems. We have projects in West Bengal that were approved years ago but still haven’t seen the light of day. This can be resolved if the state government would cooperate with Railways.”
Clearly the government is under pressure to stick to the plan of limiting its fiscal deficit to no more than three per cent of its gross domestic product by the end of 2020-21.
Passing through nine states and 60 districts, the project will have 48 stations and junctions along the Western DFC and 58 on the Eastern DFC.
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