7 New Railway Lines to be Constructed in 2009-10

Presenting the Railway Budget 2009-10 in the Parliament today, the Minister of Railway, Kumari Mamata Banerjee has said target of 250 km. has been fixed for construction of new lines in 2009-10. She said, some prominent sections are as follows:

1. Ghoramara-Dumka of Deogarh-Dumka.
2. Bishnupur-Gokulnagar of Tarakeshwar-Bishnupur.
3. Lanjigarh-Bhawanipatna of Lanjigarh-Junagarh
4. Quazigund-Anantnag of Udhampr-Baramulla.
5. Rewari-Jhajjar of Rewari-Rohtak.
6. Kottur-Harihar.
7. Churaru Takrala-Amb Andaura of Nangal Dam-Talwara.

The Railway Minister also announced that in order to continue the pace of creation of infrastructure, her Ministry proposes to process 53 new rail connectivity proposals in 2009-10 besides the above mentioned new lines.

Source : Equity Bulls

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