Centre approves two major railway multi-tracking projects in Jharkhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

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New Delhi, June 11, 2025 (ANI):  Speaking on Press Briefing, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw briefed about cabinet approval of two multi-tracking projects across Indian Railway in Jharkhand, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on June 11.

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00:00which is in front of you.

00:02There are two railway projects.

00:04One is Koderma-Barka-Kana Doubling.

00:07The second is Balari-Chik-Jajur Doubling.

00:10There are two very big sections.

00:12133 km and 185 km.

00:14The two is economic activity point of view.

00:18Connectivity point of view is very important.

00:20The tribal and general population movement is very important.

00:24The first project is Koderma-Barka-Kana Doubling.

00:28133 km.

00:30This project is 3,063 crore.

00:33This project is a long distance project.

00:36It is a long distance project.

00:38This is the shortest line between Patna and Ranchi.

00:42By doubling it, the movement will be very smooth.

00:47The new cars will be running.

00:49The 1000-Barka-Barka, Koderma, Ramgarh,

00:53these villages will be good.

00:57938 villages cover, benefit,

01:0115,000,000 population.

01:0317 major bridges, 180 minor bridges,

01:0842 flyovers, 33 underpasses.

01:11And 30,000,000 ton cargo,

01:13after this doubling,

01:15extra line will go to this line.

01:17You all know that railway,

01:20cargo shifts from the highway.

01:22That means,

01:24there will be an environmental benefit.

01:26The experts have calculated that,

01:29in terms of calculation,

01:3130,000,000 ton cargo shift.

01:35That is equivalent to planting 7 crore trees.

01:387 crore peels,

01:40as well as carbon dioxide sequester,

01:42as well as atmosphere,

01:43as well as carbon dioxide sequester,

01:44as well as atmosphere,

01:45as well as this 30,000,000 ton cargo,

01:48as well as road, rail,

01:49as well as shift.

01:51And 32 crore diesel,

01:5332 crore litre diesel,

01:55every year,

01:56every year.

01:57This is a country.

01:58This is a very important project.

02:00The location of this project,

02:02if you look at this project,

02:03if you look at this project,

02:05practically,

02:06if you look at this project,

02:07if you look at this project,

02:08this project is a different way.

02:09In this project,

02:11we have zoomed in this project.

02:13Coderma,

02:14Hazaribag,

02:15and below,

02:16Arigada.

02:17Arigada, basically,

02:19Varka Khanna,

02:20there is a station called.

02:21This is had square or via on like the same line.

02:24And the interaction called this projectStop molto.

02:26So,

02:28and then,

02:30here is an artist in Pantla.

02:31That is given a course,

02:32is not an object Surret.

02:34That's the name.

02:36Now,

02:37which is known in apathy,

02:38is the idea of Pantla.

02:43And here is a movement.

02:44This is a movement.

02:46Remember,

02:47this is a movement.

02:48As you need to have a movement advice,

02:50from here, you will get a good way from here.

02:54This will be very long-term.

02:56As far as our village has been in the area,

03:00everyone will get the benefit of this.

03:01Some new cars will be able to drive this.

03:04I will come to the next project.

03:06The second project is Balari-Chikjajur.

03:09This is in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

03:13Primarily Karnataka.

03:15This project is a very long project.

03:17It is a very long project.

03:18It is a very long project.

03:19It is a very long project.

03:20It is a 3,342 crore rupees project.

03:25Mangalore Port,

03:26which is the most important port.

03:32It will basically connect the hinterland

03:35efficiently with the Mangalore Port.

03:38Another important thing is,

03:40we are creating a master plan

03:42for improving the railway connectivity of Mangalore area.

03:46Which includes Hassan Mangalore's doubling,

03:48electrification,

03:49electrification,

03:50and in this area,

03:51we are removing two or three bottlenecks.

03:52We are removing two or three bottlenecks.

03:53And adding this line,

03:55Balari-Chikjajur,

03:56this means a lot of traffic,

03:58which comes from parts of Andhra,

04:00all the way up to Sikandrabad,

04:02Hyderabad,

04:02there will be a port port from the west coast.

04:05There will be a port of connectivity.

04:06There will be a port in Sikandrabad,

04:07Hyderabad,

04:08and other areas,

04:08there will be a Krishna Patnam port available to us.

04:10There will be a port available to this line.

04:12There will be Mangalore port available to us.

04:15There will be a port of economic activity.

04:18The project is quite complex.

04:20There are 29 major bridges.

04:21There are 29 bridges.

04:23There are 29 bridges.

04:24There will be 21 flyovers.

04:28There are 85 underpasses.

04:30And there will be around 13,000,000 population benefit from this project.

04:37There will be 19 million tons of extra cargo from rail to rail.

04:42And that will help our environment in a phenomenal way.

04:46101 crore kilograms of CO2 will save.

04:50101 crore kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions will save the environment.

04:55Which is equivalent to planting 4 crore trees.

04:59Again, a major benefit for the environment.

05:02And about 20 crore liters diesel will save every year.

05:0620 crore liters diesel will save every year.

05:09It will save much foreign exchange.

05:11It will save much environment pollution.

05:14It will save many things.

05:15This is a very useful project.

05:17If you can see it,

05:19Karnataka and Andhra's border.

05:22This project is the Belayari area.

05:24And Andhra's part is covered.

05:28And then it will come back to Karnataka.

05:32And if you look at the traffic flow,

05:35The Belayari area is above the north.

05:39There are the North.

05:40The Belayari area, the Guntakal area, the Guntakal area.

05:43This is also a lot of main line from Rani Gunta, Gouti, Guntakal, Gadag, this line is a lot of main line.

05:52And below, from Ballari, from Raya Durga, from Raya Durga, from Chitra Durga, from Chitra Durga, from Chik Jajur.

05:58This is important.

06:00Along with this, I am saying that Mangaluru-Hasan is going parallel to this line.

06:07Because overall, Mangaluru port will become now accessible to all those areas.

06:13Now, there was a port for all these areas.

06:15Either Vasco, D-Gamma, MPT, Goa, or Krishna Patnam.

06:20These were two ports.

06:22And along with this line, Mangaluru port will also be available.

06:27So these were two big projects.

06:30You have seen Pradhan Mantri Shri Narendra Modi Ji's third term,

06:34transportation or logistics cost reduce some projects.

06:39And now, I am Bangalore, I am Kolkata.

06:43They all have done a study.

06:45Because of the investments done in transportation,

06:48the country's logistics cost is about 4 percentage points.

06:52Imagine, every percentage point reduction in logistics cost means,

07:03that much more competitive industry.

07:06We can do more exports.

07:08We can keep our production costs low.

07:10So this is really, really important for all of us.

07:13In the past year, airports, ports, highway, railways, metro, electric vehicles, and ropeways,

07:23all of us will be able to make a very good transportation.

07:26It is about 4,5-4,000,000 crores.

07:28It is approved for the country,

07:30which will be able to make a very big foundation for our country.

07:36And if you look at the total infrastructure,

07:38if you look at the total infrastructure,

07:40then this one year,

07:41which has made our middle classes and youth opportunities,

07:45the total magnitude is about 10,32,000 crores.

07:51And if you look at the federal government,

07:54this is about 10,32,000 crores.

07:56This is about 10,32,000 crores.

07:58This is about 10,32,000 crores.

08:00This is about 10,32,000 crores.

08:02This is about 10,32,000 crores.

08:03This is about 10,32,000 crores.

08:05This is about 10,32,000 crores.

08:06And that's about 10,32,000 crores.

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