Railway projects covering 9,400 km sanctioned

While last mile connectivity projects continue to be accorded the highest priority, the Railways Ministry intend to fast track the sanctioned works on 7,000 km of double/third/fourth lines and com-¡mission 1200 km in 2015-16 at an investment of Rs 8686 crore. Presenting the Railway Budget 2015-16 in Parliament Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said this budgetary allotment under Capital is 84 per cent higher than 2014-15. Suresh Prabhu said, ´We also intend commissioning 800 km of gauge conversion. Additionally, we have sanctioned 77 projects covering 9,400 km of doubling/tripling/quadrupling works along with their electrification at a total cost of Rs 96,182 crore which is over 2700 per cent higher in terms of amount sanctioned in 2013-14, 2014-15 being a plan holiday´.