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Rs 5,246 cr allotted for new & ongoing rly projects

Kolkata: A total outlay of Rs 5,246 crore has been allotted in the Central Budget 2020-21 for the ongoing/new Railway projects in West Bengal.

Due to this higher allotment of fund, ambitious projects like doubling of Katihar – Kumedpur and Katihar-Mukuria lines of 64.5 km length costing Rs 645 crore will be boosted.

The budget documents also reveal that a large number of railway projects, including the 1.67 km long doubling project named New Alipore- Mile 5B, have been completed

and commissioned in West Bengal during 2019-20. These include 4 new projects of total 15 km length, costing Rs 217 crore.

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