| RAIL NEWS CENTER: Connecting Border Areas of Nepal with New Railway Lines by puneetmafia on 02 September, 2012 - 06:01 AM | ||
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 puneetmafia | RAIL NEWS CENTER: Connecting Border Areas of Nepal with New Railway Lines on 02 September, 2012 - 06:01 AM | |
To provide rail connectivity to Nepal, five routes were surveyed as under:- S. No. Proposed Rail Link Distance (in km) Estimated Cost ( in Rs. cr) From To 1. Jogbani(Bihar) Biratnagar(Nepal) 18 241 2. Jayanagar(Bihar) Bijalpura (Nepal) & extension to Bardibas 69 470 3. Nepalganj Road (Uttar Pradesh) Nepalganj (Nepal) 12 149 4. Nautanwa (Uttar Pradesh) Bhairahawa (Nepal) 15 176 5. New Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) Kakarbhita via panittanki (Nepal) 46 358 Survey for all the above routes has been completed. Out of these five routes, two projects namely Jogbani – Biratnagar new line and Jayanagar – Bijalpura Gauge Conversion with extension to Bardibas have been included in the Railway Budget in the year 2012-11 and are in different stages of execution. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri Bharatsinh Solanki in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. | ||