New Railway Station Plans: In India, millions of people travel by train every day. For them, the railways have to run thousands of trains every day. Generally, when people have to travel a short distance, they prefer to travel by train instead of flight. People get a lot of convenience by traveling by train. Along with this, people also have to spend less money on ticket fare.
Keeping this in mind, now the Government of India is preparing a plan to connect different cities of the country with rail connectivity under a new project. For this, the Government of India will build many new railway stations. In which cities of the country will these railway stations be built? What is the government’s plan regarding railway stations? Let us tell you.
The project is worth Rs 24,657 crore
On 28th August, a meeting of the Cabinet’s Economic Affairs Committee was held under the chairmanship of PM Modi. In this meeting, 8 railway projects were approved. This railway project will connect 40 lakh people of 7 states with rail service. Under this project, the Government of India will connect about 510 villages of the country with the rail network. Let us tell you that after the completion of these eight railway projects.
About 510 villages and about 40 lakh people of these districts, namely Purbi Singhbhum, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Malkangiri, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Raigarh will be connected with rail connectivity. According to the information, this project of the railways will be completed by the year 2030-31. If we talk about the total cost of this entire project, it is 24,657 crore Indian rupees.
New railway stations will be built in these states
Out of these 8 projects of the Government of India, 4 are only for Odisha. One project is for Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. One project is for Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. Apart from that, one is for Maharashtra and one is for Bihar. Under this project of the government, new railway stations will also be constructed in Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana and West Bengal.
A railway line will be laid here
Under these rail projects, a 73.62 km long railway line is proposed to be laid between Gunupur-Therubali in Rayagada district of Odisha. At the same time, a 116 km long railway line will be laid between Junagadh-Nabrangpur in Kalahandi and Nabarangpur districts.
In total, 173 km long railway line will be laid in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. A 174 km long railway line will be laid from Jalna to Jalgaon in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, while a 26.23 km long railway line will be laid between Vikramshila-Katreh in Bhagalpur, Bihar.