The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its
approval for doubling of Barabanki-Akbarpur railway
line at an estimated cost of Rs.116.09 crore
and expected completion cost of Rs.1310.23 crore.
The 161 km long railway line is
expected to be completed by 2021-22.
Doubling of the line will greatly
ease the ever increasing passenger and freight traffic on Barabanki-Akbarpur route
thereby increasing the revenue of Railways. Besides travelling people,
industries in and around Barabanki-Akbarpur route
will have additional transport capacity to meet their requirements. The
districts of Barabanki and Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh will
be benefited by this project.
Background:
The
Barabanki-Akbarpur section falls in Lucknow Division of Northern
Railways. At present detention of trains in Barabanki to Varanasi is high and
express trains are taking up to 7-15 hours in covering a distance of 323 km.
Present capacity utilization from Barabanki to Faizabad is 146.5% and from
Faizabad to Akbarpur it is 152.6%. This doubling will speed up the operation
and also provide additional capacity for meeting the requirement of increase in
traffic in future.
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