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Railways Approves Rs 800 Crore Safety and Freight Projects
Indian Railways approved four projects costing Rs 800 crore.
The projects are meant to make train travel safer and help trains carry more goods.
One project will build an 11-kilometre bypass in South Eastern Railway.
This bypass should allow more freight trains to move without causing bottlenecks.
Another project will install newer computer-based signalling at 21 stations.
Railways will also install Kavach 4.0 on 712 route kilometres in Moradabad Division.
Kavach can automatically apply a train’s brakes if it passes a red signal or travels too fast.
In Gujarat, a railway yard will be redesigned to reduce delays and improve punctuality.
Indian Railways approved four projects worth Rs 800 crore to improve safety, signalling and freight capacity.
A Rs 272-crore, 11-km bypass in South Eastern Railway will support more than six freight rakes daily.
The bypass is expected to enable an additional 8.88 million tonnes of goods traffic annually.
Electronic interlocking at 21 stations in East Central Railway received Rs 233 crore, while Rs 170 crore was approved for Kavach 4.0 across 712 route km.
A Rs 125-crore re-modelling project at Gujarat’s Bhavnagar Para yard will shift operations from Bhavnagar Terminus and help reduce delays.
- Who
- Indian Railways and the Ministry of Railways approved the projects.
- What
- Four projects worth Rs 800 crore were sanctioned for train safety, signalling, freight movement and yard decongestion.
- Where
- The projects cover South Eastern Railway, Samastipur Division of East Central Railway, Moradabad Division of Northern Railway and Bhavnagar Para in Gujarat.
- When
- The approvals were announced on Tuesday; the article does not specify the date.
- Why
- The projects aim to improve railway safety, remove operational bottlenecks, increase freight capacity, support Kavach deployment and reduce train delays.
Key facts
- Total allocation
- Rs 800 crore
- Number of projects
- Four
- Freight bypass
- An 11-km bypass between Adra end and Joychandipahar in South Eastern Railway
- Bypass allocation
- Rs 272 crore
- Additional freight capacity
- 8.88 million tonnes per annum
- Kavach deployment
- Rs 170 crore for 712 route km in Moradabad Division
- Bhavnagar Para yard
- Rs 125 crore for re-modelling and shifting operations from Bhavnagar Terminus
Quotes
Indian Railways official statement
Statement issued by Indian Railways about the approved freight bypass project
“Electronic Interlocking is a modern signalling technology that replaces ageing relay-based systems with computer-based interlocking, ensuring higher reliability, faster fault diagnosis, easier maintenance and enhanced operational flexibility”
financialexpress.com
“The project will strengthen freight infrastructure in the Adra-Joychandipahar corridor by creating additional capacity, reducing surface-crossing conflicts and improving the efficiency of freight operations”
financialexpress.com
Sources
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