Kolkata, June 6 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday that work on several railway projects in the state worth over Rs.1 lakh crore, which had been held up for several years under the Trinamool Congress (TMC) regime due to lack of land, will resume soon.

"Work, worth more than Rs.1 lakh crore, will be done in the railway sector in West Bengal. Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has assured me that the funds are ready. The list includes modernisation of 102 stations under the Amrut Bharat Station Scheme, construction of 538 flyovers and underpasses, expansion of Kolkata's metro and the expansion of railways in areas still not on the railway map. The previous (TMC) government didn't cooperate with or respond ...