Indian Railways has set a daily target of laying 9.5 km of tracks to complete its ambitious line doubling and capacity expansion projects earmarked for the next financial year 2017-18.
US-made track-laying machines are being imported to achieve the objective. These machines can lay around 1.5 km of tracks per day as against the 100 meters of tracks the railways lays manually on an average.
The ministry has earmarked about Rs 35,000 crore to undertake these works which include construction of new lines, gauge conversion and doubling of capacity.
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Rlys aims at laying 9.5 KM of tracks a day
By IndianMandarins - 2017-02-17 08:05:51
Indian Railways has set a daily target of laying 9.5 km of tracks to complete its ambitious line doubling and capacity expansion projects earmarked for the next financial year 2017-18.
US-made track-laying machines are being imported to achieve the objective. These machines can lay around 1.5 km of tracks per day as against the 100 meters of tracks the railways lays manually on an average.
The ministry has earmarked about Rs 35,000 crore to undertake these works which include construction of new lines, gauge conversion and doubling of capacity.
