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NEW DELHI: The Union furniture Saturday approved 2 railway multi-tracking projects worthy Rs 24,815 crore. Covering 15 districts crossed Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, these projects volition summation Indian Railways’ web by astir 601 km.
The projects are the 403- km Ghaziabad-Sitapur 3rd and 4th lines successful Uttar Pradesh and the 198- km Rajahmundry-Visakhapatnam 3rd and 4th lines successful Andhra Pradesh. Announcing the decisions, railway and I&B curate Ashwini Vaishnaw said determination is request to summation enactment capableness connected the 2 corridors. The Ghaziabad-Sitapur conception is 1 of the astir congested railway corridors successful the country, helium added. The alignment of caller tracks volition beryllium mostly on existing network, but astatine immoderate places lines volition beryllium laid to bypass congested cities. Construction of the caller lines volition besides boost tourism arsenic they volition amended obstruction connectivity to respective salient destinations, govt said.
