New Delhi, July 31 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved four multi-tracking railway projects extending the Indian Railways network by approximately 574 km at an estimated cost of Rs 11,169 crore.
Thirteen districts in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand will be covered under these projects.
Slated for completion by 2028-29, the projects are expected to generate around 229 lakh human-days of direct employment during construction. The sanctioned works include the Itarsi-Nagpur fourth line, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)-Parbhani doubling, Aluabari Road-New Jalpaiguri third and fourth lines, and Dangoaposi-Jaroli third and fourt...