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Ahmedabad, Sep 29 (PTI) Doubling of the 111-km railway line between Rajkot and Kanalus in Gujarat"s Jamnagar and Saurashtra region will create new economic possibilities and improve passenger facilities, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.
The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved doubling of Rajkot-Kanalus (111 km) and Neemuch-Ratlam (134 km) railway lines at estimated costs of Rs 1,080 crore and Rs 1,096 crore, respectively, which will be completed in three years, Vaishnaw told reporters here via video-conferencing.
The Railways will for the first time introduce engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contract for the two projects on a pilot basis, he said.
"The project of doubling of Rajkot-Kanalus railway line will create new economic possibilities in Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Sikka, Okha and Jamnagar, with heavy industrialisation, ports and cultural values.
People will get better facilities with these projects," Vaishnaw said.
The single railway line is currently running at 157 per cent capacity, with 30 pairs of passenger trains and eight pairs of goods trains, and the track is saturated, he said.