Cabinet okays 2 multitracking railway projects

Rs 6,405-crore concern to boost connectivity successful Jharkhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

Union Minister of Railways, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw briefs the media connected Cabinet decisions astatine National Media Centre successful New Delhi connected Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MUKESH AGGARWAL

The Union Cabinet connected Wednesday cleared 2 important railway multi-tracking projects spanning 7 districts crossed Jharkhand, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The Rs 6,405-crore concern volition adhd 318 km to the country’s obstruction network, promising improved connectivity, reduced logistics costs and little c emissions done much businesslike obstruction operations.

The Cabinet Committee connected Economic Affairs approved the 133 km Koderma-Barkakana doubling project, which cuts done Jharkhand’s ember belt. It volition make the shortest obstruction nexus betwixt Patna and Ranchi. The 2nd task involves doubling the 185 km Ballari-Chikjajur conception connecting Karnataka’s Ballari and Chitradurga districts with Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district.

Local trains with automatic doors soon

New Delhi: In the aftermath of the caller Mumbai section bid mishap — wherever 4 radical died aft falling from overcrowded trains — the Railway Ministry is moving connected caller manager models for non-AC section trains featuring automatic doors and improved ventilation, highly placed sources said. These upgraded coaches are expected to beryllium introduced from January 2026 onwards, the sources added. The caller trains volition person automatic doors that unfastened and adjacent erstwhile the bid arrives astatine oregon departs from a station, and the models volition beryllium rolled retired nationwide. Ventilation units volition beryllium installed connected the roofs of each compartment to pump successful caller air, they further informed.

These capableness enhancement projects volition alteration determination connectivity for 1,408 villages lodging 28.19 lakh residents and springiness a boost to freight question of captious commodities including coal, robust ore, steel, cement, fertilisers and petroleum products. The upgrades are expected to adhd 49 cardinal tonnes of yearly freight capacity, easing congestion and improving operational ratio crossed these captious obstruction corridors.

Bullet bid proceedings tally apt successful 2027

New Delhi: The proceedings tally of the NDA government’s ambitious but much-delayed slug bid task whitethorn statesman successful 2027, though determination is nary finality regarding the timeline arsenic of now, sources alert of the improvement said. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad slug train, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favored project, has faced respective delays ever since it was launched successful 2017, with acquisition of onshore being 1 of the cardinal obstacles earlier its commencement.