{"id":173342,"date":"2025-06-14T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=173342"},"modified":"2025-06-14T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:16:03","slug":"ccea-approves-%e2%82%b93399-crore-for-two-multi-tracking-railway-projects-under-pm-gati-shakti-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/ccea-approves-%e2%82%b93399-crore-for-two-multi-tracking-railway-projects-under-pm-gati-shakti-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"CCEA Approves \u20b93,399 Crore for Two Multi-Tracking Railway Projects under PM Gati Shakti Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a move aimed at strengthening the country\u2019s rail infrastructure and bolstering multi-modal transportation, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, 2025, approved two key multi-tracking railway projects.<br>These projects are part of the PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan, designed to promote integrated and seamless connectivity across India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ratlam\u2013Nagda (Third and Fourth Line) &amp; Wardha\u2013Balharshah (Fourth Line)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The two approved projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Third and fourth railway lines between Ratlam and Nagda<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fourth railway line between Wardha and Balharshah<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With a&nbsp;<strong>total estimated cost of \u20b93,399 crore<\/strong>, both projects are expected to be completed by&nbsp;<strong>2029\u201330<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These multi-tracking projects span across&nbsp;<strong>four districts in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra<\/strong>, expanding the&nbsp;<strong>existing railway network by approximately 176 km<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The projects will\u00a0<strong>enhance rail connectivity<\/strong>\u00a0to nearly\u00a0<strong>784 villages<\/strong>, benefiting a\u00a0<strong>population of around 19.74 lakh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Positioned along the\u00a0<strong>Delhi\u2013Mumbai<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Delhi\u2013Chennai economic corridors<\/strong>, these corridors are crucial for both\u00a0<strong>freight and passenger traffic<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move aimed at strengthening the country\u2019s rail infrastructure and bolstering multi-modal transportation, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, 2025, approved two key multi-tracking railway projects.These projects are part of the PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan, designed to promote integrated and seamless connectivity across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":173344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5372],"tags":[4916,66],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-173342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-may-2025","tag-national-current-affairs","tag-railway-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173345,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173342\/revisions\/173345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173342"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=173342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}