India, May 2 -- Indian Railways has sanctioned key infrastructure and capacity augmentation projects worth Rs. 895.30 crore to strengthen railway bridge infrastructure and enhance metro rail power systems.

In a major step towards enhancing metro rail capacity, works worth Rs. 671.72 crore have been sanctioned for strengthening the North-South Corridor of Kolkata Metro Railway. This includes:

Provision of 07 new Traction Substations at a cost of Rs. 291.06 crore.

Augmentation and upgradation of Auxiliary Substation (ASS) & Traction Substation (TSS) systems from KESP (Esplanade Metro) to KMUK (Kavi Subhash - New Garia) for the North-South Corridor of Kolkata Metro Railway, along with augmentation of power supply at elevated sections from...