WORK ON third railway line between Allahabad and Subedarganj began with the traditional ‘Bhumi Pujan’ by the North Central Railway GM Budh Prakash on Thursday. The railway plans to complete laying of the 3.81 km long tracks by the first week of November.
The new railway line will cost over Rs 3.89 crore and expected to mitigate the problem of congestion for movement of railway traffic between Allahabad and Subedarganj.
It is worth mentioning that at present there are two rail lines between Allahabad and Subedarganj, which are always facing heavy load. This results in trains being forced to stop at Subedarganj or Bamrauli.
Speaking on the occasion, Budh Prakash said that once put in use, the new tracks would prove beneficial for passengers as well as for the Indian Oil Corporation and the railway factories. He said the plan was to complete all the work before the start of the Ardh Kumbh and that was the reason for setting November 7, 2006 as the deadline for completing the work.
Budh Prakash said that efforts were being made to remove the hurdles in the smooth flow of rail traffic and informed that work on doubling the rail tracks between Manikpur and Cheoki was on at war footing with clear instructions to the officials to get the work completed by November 2006.
Budh Prakash said that efforts were being made to remove the hurdles in the smooth flow of rail traffic and informed that work on doubling the rail tracks between Manikpur and Cheoki was on at war footing with clear instructions to the officials to get the work completed by November 2006.