51 New Line, 17 Gauge Conversion, 232 Doubling sanctioned
Spread Across Border Areas, Small Towns, and Ports, These Projects Promote Regional Socio-Economic Development, Enhance Connectivity, Boost Employment, Tourism, and Industrial Growth
Higher Funding, Delegation of Powers, Close Monitoring, and Regular Follow-Up with State Governments for Land, Forestry, and Wildlife Clearances Helping in Fast Implementation
The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP) was launched in October, 2021 to bring a transformative change in the approach towards planning and execution of infrastructural projects pertaining to the transportation sector. The NMP, spanning across the entire country has brought in synergy between the infrastructural sectors such as railways, shipping, roadways, telecommunications, pipelines, etc. through collaboration amongst concerned Ministries/State Governments/Departments, speeding up the clearances needed for the project completion as well as planning at a faster pace.
Indian Railways has immediately imbibed the principles of Gati Shakti in its project planning process, expediting appraisal, sanction and execution of projects. On ground survey, route alignment, deciding alternative route to avoid passing through forest and wildlife areas, connectivity to ports, mines, collieries is done through PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism developed by BISAG-N. This has led to enhancement in the quality of preparation of Detailed Project Report and reduction in project cost.
Now survey of all New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling projects are taken up under PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism developed by BISAG-N for the development of multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various Economic Zones with an objective to have integrated planning, enhanced logistics efficiency, first and last mile connectivity, throughput enhancement and remove gaps for seamless movement of people, goods/ commodities i.e. agricultural products, fertilizers, coal, iron ore, steel, cement, limestone etc.
During last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY 2025-26, 300 projects (51 New Line, 17 Gauge Conversion and 232 Doubling) of total length 13,808 Km have been sanctioned across Indian Railways under PM Gatishakti National Master Plan.
Some of the major projects sanctioned are as follows:
SN Project Name Cost (₹ in Crore)
1 Chopan – Chunar doubling (102 Km) 1,553
2 Guntur – Bibinagar doubling (239 Km) 3,238
3 Mudkhed – Medchal & Mahbubnagar – Dhone doubling (418 Km) 5,655
4 Samakhiali – Gandhidham Quadrupling (53 Km) 1,571
5 Merta City – Ras & Bypass at Merta Road new line (56 Km) 1,038
6 Lumding – Furkating doubling (140 Km) 2,334
7 Ajmer – Chanderiya doubling (178 Km) 1,813
8 Motumari – Vishnupuram with RoR doubling (100 Km) 1,746
9 Bikramshila – Katareah new line with new bridge on river ganga (26 Km) 2,549
10 Gunupur – Therubali new line (74 Km) 1,326
11 Malkangiri – Pandurangapuram new line (174 Km) 4,109
12 Badampahar – Kendujhargarh new line (82 Km) 2,106
13 Junagarh – Nabarangpur new line (116 Km) 3,274
14 Buramara – Chakulia new line (60 Km) 1,639
15 Jalna – Jalgaon new line (174 Km) 7,105
16 Bangriposi – Gorumahisani new line (86 Km) 2,549
17 Chandil – Anara – Damodar 3rd line (121 Km) 2,170
18 Bargarh Road – Nawapara Road new line (138 Km) 2,926
19 Sardega – Bhalumuda new double line (37 Km) 1,360
20 Varanasi – Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Multitracking with rail cum 2,642
road bridge on river ganga (15 Km)
21 Jalgaon – Manmad 4th line (160 Km) 2,773
22 Bhusawal – Khandwa 3rd & 4th line (131 Km) 3,514
23 Sambalpur – Jarapada 3rd & 4th line (127 Km) 3,916
24 Jharsuguda – Sason 3rd & 4th line (35 Km) 1,181
25 Gondia – Ballarshah doubling (240 Km) 4,819
26 Kharsia – Naya Raipur – Parmalkasa 5th & 6th line (278 Km) 8,741
27 Wardha – Balharshah Quadrupling (135 Km) 2,381
28 Ballari – Chikjajur doubling (185 Km) 3,342
29 Koderma – Barkakana doubling (133 Km) 3,063
30 Itarsi – Nagpur 4th line (297 Km) 5,451
31 Dangoaposi – Jaroli 3rd & 4th line (43 Km) 1,752
32 Secunderabad – Wadi 3rd & 4th line (173 Km) 5,012
33 Furkating – New Tinsukia doubling (194 Km) 3,634
34 Bakhtiyarpur – Rajgir – Tilaiya doubling (104 Km) 2,192
35 Gondia – Dongargarh 4th line (84 Km) 2,223
36 Wardha – Bhusawal 3rd & 4th line (314 Km) 9,197
37 Hosapete – Bellary quadrupling (65 Km) 2,372
38 Kasara – Manmad 3rd & 4th line (131 Km) 10,154
39 Punarakh – Kiul 3rd & 4th line (50 Km) 2,668
40 Gamharia – Chandil 3rd & 4th line (55 Km) 1,168
41 Sainthia- Pakhur 4th Line (81 Km) 1,569
42 Santragachi- Kharagpur 4th line (111 Km) 2,905
43 Nergundi – Barang &Khurda Road – Vizianagaram 3rd line (385 Km) 5,618
44 Son Nagar – Andal 3rd and 4th Line (375 Km) 13,606
45 Gorakhpur Cantt – Valmiki Nagar doubling (96 Km) 1,270
46 Jaipur – Sawai Madhopur doubling (131 Km) 1,269
47 Luni – Samdari – Bhildi doubling (272 Km) 3,531
48 Narkatiaganj – Raxaul – Sitamarhi – Darbhanga & Sitamarhi – Muzaffarpur 4,553
doubling (256 Km)
49 Prayagraj (Iradatganj) – Manikpur 3rd line (84 Km) 1,640
50 Tirupati – Pakala – Katpadi doubling (104 Km) 1,332
51 Ratlam – Nagda 3rd and 4th line (41 Km) 1,018
52 Aluabari Road – New Jalpaiguri 3rd & 4th line (57 Km) 1,786
53 Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) – Parbhani (177 Km) 2,179
54 Bhagalpur – Dumka – Rampurhat doubling (177 Km) 3,169
55 Itarsi – Bina 4th line (237 Km) 4,329
56 Vadodara – Ratlam 3rd & 4th line (259 Km) 8,885
57 Devbhumi Dwarka (Okha) – Kanalus doubling (141 Km) 1,457
58 Badlapur – Karjat 3rd and 4th line (32 Km) 1,324
59 Delhi – Ambala Cantt 3rd & 4th line (194 Km) 5,983
60 Gondia – Jabalpur doubling (231 Km) 5,236
61 Manmad – Indore new line (360 Km) 18,529
62 Errupelam – Amaravati – Nambur new line (57 Km) 2,245
63 Vadhavan Port and New Palghar station new double line (22 Km) 1,507
64 Deshalpar – Hajipir – Luna and Vayor – Lakhpat new line (145 Km) 2,526
Some of the Projects recently completed are as follows:
S.No. Name of project Length (in Kms)
1 Udhampur- Srinagar- Baramulla new line 272
2 Bhairabi – Sairang New Line 51
3 Deoband – Roorkee New Line 27
4 Churu – Ratangarh Doubling 43
5 Tori-Shivpur 3rd Line 44
6 Araria – Galgalia New Line 110
7 Himmatnagar – Khedbrahma Guage Conversion 55
8 Bahraich- Nanpara -Nepalganj Guage Conversion 56
9 Domingarh- Gorakhpur -Kusumi 3rd Line & Gorakhpur -Nakaha Doubling 21
10 Vijapur – Ambaliyasan Guage Conversion 43
11 Pune- Miraj -Londa Doubling 467
12 Manmad – Jalgaon 3rd Line 160
13 Phephna –Indara- Mau -Shahganj Doubling 150
14 Adraj -Moti -Vijapur Guage Conversion 40
15 Katni -Bina 3rd Line 279
16 Gandhidham- Adipur Quadrupling 21
17 Khatuwas – Narnaul Doubling 24
18 Penukonda- Dharmavaram Doubling 42
During last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY 2025-26, 982 no. Surveys (295 New line, 13 Gauge Conversion and 674 Doubling) of total length 67,010 Km have been sanctioned across Indian Railways under PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
Sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors which include the following:
Anticipated traffic projections and Remunerativeness of the proposed route
First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
Connection of missing links and providing additional route
Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
Railway’s own operational requirements
Socio-economic considerations
Overall availability of funds
Railway Infrastructure projects enable socio-economic development of the region including:
Better connectivity of the region with other parts of the country
Faster movement of goods and services
Improving logistics efficiency and reduction in transportation cost.
Enhance line capacity
Increase in direct and indirect employment opportunities for the people of the region
Reduced operational bottlenecks
Development of tourism industry and increase in industrial activities in the region.
Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:
Land acquisition by State Government
Forest clearance
Shifting of infringing utilities
Statutory clearances from various authorities
Geological and topographical conditions of area
Law and order situation in the area of project site
Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.
All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.
Various steps taken by the Government for effective and speedy implementation of rail projects include:
Substantial increase in allocation of funds.
Delegation of powers at field level.
Close monitoring of progress of project at various levels.
Regular follow up with State Governments and concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife clearances and for resolving other issues pertaining to projects.
This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a reply to questions in Rajya Sabha today.
