Centre inaugurates three railway projects in Uttar Pradesh

The central government inaugurated three railway projects in Uttar Pradesh on January 25, 2024. The first is the 173 km long New Khurja-New Rewari rail section of the dedicated freight corridor project (western corridor). It involves the development of a 1,504 km long heavy haul freight corridor of double-line electric (2×25 kV) tracks in Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh at an investment of Rs 511.01 billion. It is being developed in three phases: Vadodara-Rewari (Phase I), Vadodara-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) (Phase II) and Rewari-Dadri (Phase III). The second is the Chipiyana Buzurg-Dadri fourth line project, which involves the construction of a fourth line along the existing 12 km long Chipiyana Buzurg-Dadri railway line in Uttar Pradesh. It was sanctioned in the Railway Budget 2018-19. The third is the Mathura-Palwal fourth line project, which involves the laying of a fourth line along the existing 80 km long rail line between Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and Palwal in Haryana. The project was sanctioned in the Railway Budget 2015-16.