Jharkhand will see a net of railway lines in days to come, said Union Minister of State for Railway Suresh Angadi on Thursday in a press meet in the State Capital that various projects of India Railway (IR) with investment of Rs 40, 751 crore is going on in the State.
“A total of 31 projects of laying railway lines are going on in the State out of which 14 new lines, 1 guage conversion and 16 double line projects are going on in the State. Railway Ministry has plans to lay 2746 km rail lines in the State out of which 542 km length have been commissioned with investment of Rs 7,705 crore,” said Angadi.
Angadi visited the State Capital to inaugurate two new trains and a Sanki-Hatia railway line.
The Union Minister for State further said that there are 16 double rail line projects to cover 1145 km with investment of Rs 14,370 crore is going on in the State out of which 53 km length of double lines have been commissioned with investment of Rs 2,066 crore till March 2019. The outlay for 2019-20 is Rs 1,321 crore, he added.
Speaking about super critical and critical projects Angadi said that out of 16 projects 3 projects of 84 km length with investment of Rs 922 crore are supercritical in nature and targeted for commissioned by March 2022 and 8 projects of 590 km length with investment of Rs 7,945 crore are critical in nature and targeted for commissioning by March2024.
The Minister said that Central Government is doing various works for the development of Railway as budget outlay for total infrastructure projects during 2014-19 was Rs 10,443 crores against Rs 2,286 crores during 2009-14 which is 35 per cent above. Similarly budget outlay for all infrastructure projects during 2019-20 is Rs 2,494 crores which is 446 per cent above than annual average outlay during 2009-14, he added.
Instructing the Railway officials of Ranchi and Dhanbad DRM Office who were present there on the occasion Angadi said that they should maintain cleanliness, safety and punctuality. “The catering facility of Rajdhani and other trains will be improved in very short span of time,” he added.