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Cabinet approves doubling of Rajpura-Bhatinda railway line

| | Dec 21, 2016, at 07:50 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the doubling of Rajpura-Bhatinda railway line at an estimated cost of Rs.1,251.25 crore and expected completion cost of Rs.1,465.59 crore.

The Rajpura-Bathinda section falls in Ambala Division of Northern Railway.

The districts of Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala and Bathinda will benefit through this project.

The doubling will ease the traffic bottlenecks and will bring more revenue to Indian Railways by capacity enhancement of the route.

The 172.64 km long railway line is expected to be completed in five years.

The present utilization of this section is nearly 100%.

Enhancement of capacity of power plants and planned freight terminals will generate additional freight traffic on this route.

This line is strategically important as several military specials are routed on this line connecting the Western border.

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