SAHARSA, Feb. 17 -- Despite the Samastipur railway division significantly reducing the cost of the proposed doubling of the 44-km-long Saharsa-Mansi railway line project, locals are irked over the delay in granting the approval for the proposal that is resulting in the project getting unduly stranded.

The revised DPR (Detailed Project Report) of doubling of Mansi- Saharsa section was submitted to the Railway Board in December last year. It sought to lower the earlier estimated cost of Rs.1,000 crore to Rs.500 crore, said an official in the East Central Railways (ECR).

The approval remains pending, even though some officials assure that it is almost final and the project will soon enter the construction phase.

According to some railway ...