The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved three new railway projects, with a combined investment of over ₹6,000 crore, giving a boost to rail connectivity in Uttar Pradesh and Assam. The three projects — an 81.17 km new railway line between Sahjanwa and Dohrighat (U.P. ), doubling of 142.97 km New Bongaigaon-Agthori line (Assam) and construction of a 150-km-long third railway line between Allahabad and Mughalsarai are expected to generate a total direct employment of 89.79 lakh man-days during the construction period. The project is expected to help “cope up with the future traffic and remove capacity constraints,” the government said. “The line capacity utilization of the section between New Bongaigaon and Agthori via Rangiya is more than 100%,” the government said.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2019 17:03 UTC