Panipat to get three railway overbridges, underpass

Panipat, February 26

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today virtually laid the foundation stone of three road overbridges (ROBs) in Panipat and a project for the rejuvenation of the Gohana railway station in Sonepat district under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme.

The PM virtually laid the stone for the redevelopment of 550 railway stations, including Gohana, and over 2,000 development projects across the country.

MP Ramesh Kaushik was the chief guest at the programme at the Gohana railway station. Congratulating the Gohana residents, Kaushik said Rs 25 crore would be spent on the redevelopment of the railway station. The station would be beautified and a waiting room, escalators on each platform, lifts for elderly and specially-abled persons, free Wi-Fi facility, shopping counters and station gate would be constructed. All advanced facilities would be provided to the passengers, he added.

Kaushik applauded the schemes launched by the BJP-led Central government for the people and said earlier the Railways was spending money to develop only stations of the big cities, but after 2014, PM Modi’s government had launched the Amrit Bharat Station scheme to develop stations across the country.

Now, new railway lines are being laid in every corner of the country. In the Sonepat Lok Sabha area, the Sonepat-Gohana-Jind railway line was developed, while Jind-Safidon, Gohana-Panipat and Jind-Hisar railway lines were converted into electric lines. Apart from this, the Railways was laying a new line with the KMP expressway.

In Panipat, Modi laid the stone of three projects – four-lane railway over bridge (ROB) on the Gohana road level crossing and an underpass to connect the NFL at a cost of Rs 190 crore; an under-construction ROB on the Panipat-Jind railway line near Assan Kalan village at a cost of Rs 45 crore and under-construction Sewah-Dahar railway underpass at a cost of Rs 10.40 crore.

MP Sanjay Bhatia was the chief guest, who laid the stone of a four-lane ROB on the Gohana road level crossing.

An underpass would also be constructed to connect the NFL here. To construct it, an administrative approval of Rs 110 crore has been given. Former Mayor Avneet Kaur was also present at the programme. Apart from this, foundation stones of two more projects were laid. Dushyant Bhatt, along with MLA’s brother Harpal Singh, laid the stone at a programme held near the Sewah-Dahar railway line underpass, which is being constructed on the Delhi-Ambala railway line at a cost of Rs 10.40 crore. The RUB constructed would be 400m long and 7.5m wide. The third project is one of road over bridge (ROB) on the Panipat-Jind railway line near Assan Kalan village. Rajya Sabha Member Krishan Lal Panwar was the chief guest on the occasion and laid the foundation stone of the ROB at a programme organised here. The ROB has been under construction for the past two years. MP Panwar said the work would be completed by the end of this year.