Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate or lay foundation stones for over 6,000 railway projects worth over ₹85,000 crore on Tuesday.
These include 80 projects worth ₹5,241.41 crore of South Western Railway, flagging off of 10 Vande Bharat Express trains and extension of four Vande Bharat Express trains, General Manager, South Western Railway, Arvind Srivastava said at a press conference in Hubballi on Sunday.
The South Western Railway projects include the foundation stone for DEMU/MEMU Shed at Hubballi and Maintenance Workshop for Vande Bharat Sleeper trains at Thannisandra at an estimated cost of ₹297 crore, dedication of new line between Talkal-Linganabandi and doubling between Gadag-Bagalkot and Kudachi-Miraj at an estimated cost of nearly ₹4,806 crore, dedication of Goods Shed at Gangavati and Penukonda at an estimated cost of nearly ₹22.93 crore, dedication of Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) - Balaji Movers and Sidings Pvt. Ltd. (BMCO) at Oddarahalli and Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal, Container Corporation of India Ltd. MMLP Kadakola at an estimated cost of ₹112.75 crore, dedication of Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras at SMVT Bengaluru, Bangarpet, SSS Hubballi and Mysuru railway stations at an estimated cost of ₹0.58 crore and dedication of 67 One Station One Product outlets across the zone at an estimated cost of ₹2.15 crore.
