Railway Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated several railway infrastructure projects in the election-bound state of West Bengal yesterday.
Projects inaugurated:
- Newly electrified Manigram-Nimtita Section
- Road Under Bridge (RUB) near Malda and at Manigram
- Five Foot Over Bridges at Khagraghat Road, Lalbagh Court Road, Tenya, Dahaparadham & Niyalishpara stations
- Two Foot Over Bridges at Sujnipara & Basudebpur stations
“Railways can play an important role in the development of West Bengal by expanding passenger connectivity, by expanding connectivity of freight trains, ensuring the availability of raw materials & moving the products from West Bengal to all parts of the country,” said Goyal.
He further added that every single line in West Bengal will be electrified by 2023 thereby reducing pollution, increasing speed and augmenting passengers amenities. “Rs.19,811 cr. have been invested in West Bengal to improve the railway infrastructure,” he claimed.
The 34 km long Manigram-Nimtita section of Eastern Railway has been electrified at a cost of Rs.52.05 crores.
This is a part of High Utility Network, “Sagar Purvodaya Sampark Line” from Howrah to Dibrugarh. The line will help switch freight rake destined for Sagardighi Thermal Power Plant and Sonar Bangla Cement Plant from diesel to electric traction.
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Electrification will also pave the way for the conversion of passenger trains from DEMU to MEMU in the section.
A Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of Rs.1.8 crore has been constructed near Malda in New Farakka-Malda Town section in lieu of LC gate No. 2A. Another RUB was also constructed at a cost of Rs.2.63 crores at Manigram on Azimganj-New Farakka section in lieu of LC Gate No. 6.
The five new Foot Over Bridges (FOB) were constructed at a total cost of Rs.9.31 crores at Khagraghat Road, Lalbagh Court Road, Tenya, Dahaparadham and Niyalishpara stations under Bandel-Katwa-Azimganj section. Apart from these, two FOBs at a cost of Rs. 3 crores at Sujnipara and Basudebpur stations were also constructed under Azimganj-New Farakka-Malda Town section.
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