India, Sept. 9 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved five railway multitracking projects worth around Rs 10,021 crore, covering 17 districts across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.
The projects will add approximately 540 km to the Indian Railways network and include new lines and doubling works across the Arakkonam-Renigunta, Whitefield-Bangarapet, Hosur-Omalur, Salem-Karur-Dindigul and Secunderabad-Kazipet routes.
The capacity expansion is expected to ease congestion, improve operational efficiency and enhance connectivity to around 2,121 villages with a combined population of nearly 52 lakh.
The projects are also expected to support additional freight movement of around 47 million tonnes annually...