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Vaishnaw said that on with the remainder of the nation, West Bengal volition soon person respective caller railway projects and trains, including Namo Bharat and Vande Bharat sleeper, “which volition revolutionise obstruction question successful the adjacent 5 years”. (File photos)
Stating that Rs 13,955 crore has been allocated for railway infrastructure successful West Bengal successful the Union Budget this year, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw connected Monday sought Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s involution successful acquiring onshore for obstruction projects successful the state.
Addressing a web league connected the railway budget, the curate said the funds allocated for West Bengal person accrued 3 times arsenic compared to the 2009-2014 fiscal year. “To usage these resources, I petition West Bengal Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) to assistance america with onshore acquisition and besides regarding instrumentality and bid to payment the people. For the improvement of Railways, onshore acquisition is precise important,” the curate said.
According to the minister, respective railway projects person not been capable to marque advancement successful West Bengal owed to the onshore acquisition contented successful respective districts, including Nadia, Birbhum, Purba Medinipur. “Land acquisition is precise important successful railway projects,” Vaishnaw said, adding Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated a large ngo to modernise and grow railway facilities successful the state.
“The PM has taken up a large ngo to modernise and grow railway facilities successful West Bengal. For this, an magnitude of Rs 13,955 crore has been allocated. In Bengal, Railways has a monolithic concern of Rs 68,000 crore,” Vaishnaw said.
The curate said 101 stations successful West Bengal are being modernised nether the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, and astir 1,290 km of tracks person been added successful the authorities successful the past 10 years. “101 railway stations successful West Bengal volition beryllium re-developed arsenic ‘Amrit’ stations… Also, 3,337 km of obstruction tracks successful the authorities volition beryllium covered with the Kavach strategy to heighten railway safety,” helium said.
Talking astir the velocity of operation of the Metro Railway successful Kolkata, helium said that from 1972 to 2014, lone 28 km Metro connectivity was provided, adding, however, 31 km of enactment has been completed and made operational successful the past 10 years. “This was imaginable owed to the Prime Minister’s commitment, devotion, and respect for the radical and civilization of Bengal,” helium said.
Vaishnaw said that on with the remainder of the nation, West Bengal volition soon person respective caller railway projects and trains, including Namo Bharat and Vande Bharat sleeper, “which volition revolutionise obstruction question successful the adjacent 5 years”.
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Additional General Manager of Eastern Railway Sumit Sarkar and different elder railway officials were contiguous during the web league hosted astatine the Eastern Railway office successful Kolkata.
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