Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has urged the Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal for replicating the innovative elevated railway track of Rohtak on Narwana-Kurukshetra Railway Line in Kaithal also instead of construction of three Railway Over Bridge (ROB) or Railway Under Bridge (RUB).
The State Government and Railways have earned significant goodwill due to the construction of Elevated Rail Track in Rohtak, the first of its kind in the country, and more requests for replication of this projects elsewhere in the state have been received by the state government.
In a letter addressed to the Union Railways Minister, Manohar Lal said that three important roads namely Kaithal-Karnal State Highway No-8, Cirucular road Kaithal around Kaithal town and Thanesar-Dhand-Kaithal road cross the Narwana-Kurukshetra Railway line in Kaithal town at railway RD 38/4/5 (LC 33), RD 39/4/5 (LC 34B) and RD 40/1/2 (LC 34A) respectively. All these level crossings qualify for the construction of ROBs/RUBs.
The Chief Minister assured the Union Minister that Haryana Government will bear 50 per cent of the cost.
He said that as these level crossings are located in built up areas with substantial traffic movement due to major government offices, private establishments and the bus stand being in the close vicinity, construction of these ROBs in these locations would not be feasible due to difficulties of land acquisition. Therefore, elevating the railway track instead of construction of three ROBs/RUBs would make a lot of economic sense, he added.