PM GatiShakti’s NPG discusses 7 railway and 1 road projects

It covered seven projects from the Ministry of Railways (MoR) and one from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), and it was chaired by Rajeev Singh Thakur, Additional Secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

The stakeholders talked about the 134.52-kilometer Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line, a brownfield project that will traverse through the Maharashtra districts of Wardha and Chandrapur and alleviate severe traffic on the Delhi-Chennai High-Density Corridor.

Itarsi-Nagpur Quadrupling, which entails building a fourth rail line along the 297.05-kilometer Itarsi-Nagpur corridor—a crucial section of the High-Density Network Route—was also covered. linking the districts of Nagpur, Betul, and Narmada Puram. Power plants in Sarni and Koradi, industrial centers like as Multi-Model International Passenger and Cargo Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN), and developing clusters in Pithampur are expected to be served.

Spanning approx 240 km, the Gondia – Balharshah Doubling project, through Gondia, Bhandara, Gadchiroli, and Chandrapur districts, is anticipated to support freight movement for key industrial regions. The route links major iron-ore mines in Kelzar and coalfields in Chandrapur, enabling smoother transport to industries in the South Central and South Eastern Railway zones. It is also expected to benefit power plants like Koradi and industries in Nagpur’s MIHAN SEZ.

The Aluabari – New Jalpaiguri Quadrupling, also known a 56.60 km project was also discussed that seeks to enhance rail connectivity in North Bengal and Bihar, linking New Jalpaiguri and Aluabari Road. The alignment includes robust infrastructure, such as 8 major and 91 minor bridges, designed for efficient and reliable operations in challenging terrain.

The 185 km Ballari – Chikjajur doubling project aims to connect Ballari, Chitradurga, and Anantapur districts, facilitating the movement of iron ore, coal, cement, and food grains.

The meeting also covered the Secunderabad-Wadi Quadrupling, a 173.18-kilometer project that aims to build the third and fourth lines between Secunderabad and Wadi, a crucial freight and passenger corridor in South Central India, and the Hosur-Omalur Doubling, a 147-kilometer rail line doubling project that connects the agro-industrial region of Hosur with the commercial center of Salem in Tamil Nadu.

The Imphal-Kakching-Lamkhai Road on NH-137A was discussed for MoRTH. The goal of this 44.517-kilometer road rehabilitation project is to link Kakching, a developing center for trade and agriculture, with Imphal, the state capital.