Siliguri, March 21 -- Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has informed that electrification across West Bengal witnessed significant progress with 98.6 per cent of broad gauge railway lines in the state already electrified, a spokesman of the Northeast Frontier Railway said on Friday citing document.
Vaishnaw, while replying to a question in the Lok Sabha recently on the progress of electrification of
doubling of railway line in the northern districts of West Bengal, said works in the northern districts -
Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar - have been completed except New
Cooch Behar - Bamanhat section, which has been taken up and is currently in progress.
He also clarified that the Indian Railways projects are s...