New Delhi, April 18 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved two multi-tracking projects of the railways covering 15 districts across Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, increasing the existing network of Indian Railways by about 601 Kms.
These projects include Ghaziabad - Sitapur 3rd and 4th Line and Rajahmundry (Nidadavolu) - Visakhapatnam (Duvvada) 3rd and 4th Line. The total estimated cost of the projects is Rs 24,815 crore and will be completed up to 2030-31.
Ghaziabad - Sitapur 3rd and 4th Line, is of route length of 403 km and a track length of 859 km and the estimated cost of this project is Rs 14,926 crore (approx.) and the Rajahmundry (Nidadavolu) - Vi...