Ujjain-Fatehabad meter gauge to broad gauge and the details
Status of broad gauge conversion of Ujjain Fatehabad rail track
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 113
ANSWERED ON 21.06.2019
Status of broad gauge conversion of Ujjain Fatehabad rail track
113 Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state the details of the work done till date for converting the Ujjain-Fatehabad meter gauge to broad gauge and the details of the time bound projects for such conversion and the target fixed for completion of the said work?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)
Gauge conversion of Ujjain-Fatehabad (22.96 Km) meter gauge to broad gauge has been sanctioned in the year 2016-17 at a cost of RS.104.82 crore as Material Modification to Ratlam-Mhow-Khandwa-Akola gauge conversion project. An outlay of RS.555 crore has been provided for the year 2019-20 for Ratlam-Mhow-Khandwa-Akola gauge conversion project including Ujjain-Fatehabad material modification project. Land acquisition (for Ujjain-Fatehabad) has been taken up. Earth work, blanketing, bridges work etc. are in different stages of execution in the available land. The section is targeted to be completed in current financial year 2019-20.
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