{"id":173408,"date":"2025-06-16T17:05:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=173408"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:35:53","slug":"cabinet-approves-%e2%82%b96405-cr-rail-projects-to-boost-connectivity-across-three-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/cabinet-approves-%e2%82%b96405-cr-rail-projects-to-boost-connectivity-across-three-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Approves \u20b96,405 Cr Rail Projects to Boost Connectivity Across Three States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved two strategic multitracking projects under Indian Railways, totaling \u20b96,405 crore, to enhance connectivity and freight movement across Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.<br>Spanning 318 km, the Koderma\u2013Barkakana and Ballari\u2013Chikjajur doubling lines will improve logistics efficiency, benefit over 28 lakh people, and cut carbon emissions, aligning with India\u2019s sustainability goals and economic self-reliance vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Approved Railway Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Koderma\u2013Barkakana Doubling (133 km)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>State:<\/strong>\u00a0Jharkhand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Importance:<\/strong>\u00a0Passes through coal-rich areas and connects Patna to Ranchi via the shortest route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ballari\u2013Chikjajur Doubling (185 km)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>States:<\/strong>\u00a0Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Districts:<\/strong>\u00a0Ballari, Chitradurga (Karnataka) &amp; Anantapur (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objectives and Impact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E<strong>nhance Mobility &amp; Efficiency:<\/strong>\u00a0Improved line capacity, reduced congestion, and better service reliability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environmental Benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reduce oil import by approx. 52 crore litres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cut CO\u2082 emissions by 264 crore kg (equivalent to planting 11 crore trees)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support Freight Transport: Handle 49 MTPA of additional freight, covering:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coal, steel, cement, fertilizers, petroleum, and agriculture products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved two strategic multitracking projects under Indian Railways, totaling \u20b96,405 crore, to enhance connectivity and freight movement across Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.Spanning 318 km, the Koderma\u2013Barkakana and Ballari\u2013Chikjajur doubling lines will improve logistics efficiency, benefit over 28 lakh people, and cut carbon emissions, aligning with India\u2019s sustainability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":173409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5373],"tags":[4916],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-173408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-june-2025","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173408","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=173408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173410,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173408\/revisions\/173410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173408"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=173408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}