Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi along with Railway Minister Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge is all set to lay the foundation stone for the much awaited three new railway lines connecting all the blocksof Amethi parliamentary constituency on November 26.
According to sources, preparation has started for the launching of the three projects which is expected to cost around Rs 1,331 crore. After the completion of three railway lines, the entire blocks of Amethi parliamentary constituency of Rahul Gandhi would be connected by rail. The first railway line to be laid would be between Uchahar and Sahaganj touching the Salon and Amethi blocks of Amethi district. The project was approved in the union budget in 2010-11 but the foundation stone is expected to be laid after three years.
The Uchahar- Shahganj railway line would be of 67 kilometers and the cost would be around Rs 380 crore. The Second new rail line would be from ERae Bareli-Tiloi Akbarpur- Enohana of 47 km costing Rs 296crore and the third one would be Akbarpur- Bazarshukl- Faizabad of 69 kms costing around Rs 655 crores.