New Delhi, July 6
The Railways proposes to complete 273 km of new lines, including Chandigarh-Morinda-Ludhiana, Kakinada-Kotipalli and Hassan-Bangalore tracks.Presenting the Rail Budget in the Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav today said apart from nine new lines, the Railways would complete 17 gauge conversion projects involving 1,000 km during this fiscal.
The gauge conversion projects included Mansi-Saharsa, Bankura-Sonamukhi, Madurai-Manamadurai, Ranchi-Lohargada and Udaipur-Chittorgarh.
The Railways also proposes to complete doubling of 381 km of lines in the current year as against 206 km finished in 2003-04.
The doubling of lines includes completion of the Jalandhar-Jammu Tawi line.
The Railways proposes to take up survey of 18 new lines including Machlipattnam-Repalli, Chhapra-Muzaffarpur, Chennai-Sriperumbudur and Budge-Pujali.
It also would take up updating of survey of 22 new lines.
These include Ongole-Donakonda, Cuddapah-Bangalore, Ratlam-Banswara, Jolarpettai-Hosur and Agartala-Sabroom.
The ministry also would carry out survey for gauge conversion of four lines besides updating the survey of 13 other lines.
It will carry out survey for doubling seven lines including Salem-Bangalore and also update surveys for doubling of eight other lines.
