Railway speeds up ₹2,202-cr rail line

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The South East Central Railway (SECR) has placed the Bilaspur-Jharsuguda fourth railway line project on fast track and has cleared funds worth Rs 2,202 crore for laying new railway tracks in the SECR zone during financial year 2018-19. As many as five new railway lines and six track doubling projects are in different stages of execution which fall partly or fully in the State of Chhattisgarh therefore, 19 projects of new lines and double tracks involving Rs 23,710 crore in different stages of execution which fall partly or fully in the State of Chhattisgarh. The aggregate length of these projects is around Rs 2,742 km and also the project of new railway line with electrification from Katghora- Mungeli-Kawardha-Khairagarh-Dongargarh Corridor (255 km) besides Katghora to Kartala (22 km) will be implemented at a total cost of Rs 4,821 crore which is being developed by Chhattisgarh Railway Corporation Limited (CRCL), a Joint Venture Company of Ministry of Railways and Government of Chhattisgarh.

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