New Delhi/Nagpur, July 16 (UNI) The Railway Ministry is trying to execute a plan for setting up railway line across the national highways and one such proposal was to connect Nagpur–Mumbai Super Expressway (Samriddhi Mahamarg) to railway line connecting Nagpur-Mumbai, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.
The construction of such a high speed railway corridor will make it feasible to cover distance between Nagpur and Mumbai in just five hours.
The Railways has also allocated a record sum of Rs 67,000 crore for development of suburban railway network in Mumbai which is used by one third of total rail passengers in the country, the Minister added.
The Railways and Maha Metro (Metro Railway Project Company of Maharashtra) signed an MoU for linking railway line to Metro coaches on broad gauge network and creating a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) in Nagpur city on Monday.
The MoU was signed in presence of Mr Goyal, Road Transport, Highways and Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s Suresh Bhat Auditorium, a Ministry statement said here.
The foundation stone of Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s ‘waste to energy project’ was also laid. Besides, foundation stone laying ceremony of project of Mahagenco to carry coal from cluster of mines of Western Coalfield Limited through pipe conveyor system was also done.
Mr Gadkari while speaking on rising pollution in metro cities, advocated for ‘public transport on electricity’.
He urged people to use public transport instead of private transport and informed that the speed of air conditioned metro coaches running on broad gauge line would be 100 km/hr which was much more than ordinary passenger trains.
He informed that this MoU would pave way for towns like Bhandara, Wardha distant from Nagpur to come closer and developed into satellite cities.
Mr Fadnavis said that these three projects would be hailed as innovative steps and followed by nation.
He informed that, water acquired from mines and power plants was being used to irrigate over 10,000 hectare in Maharashtra.
An MoU between VIDC (Vidarbha Irrigation Industrial Corporation) and WCL has been signed for mine water distribution, he informed.
A booklet titled "New Railways New Maharashtra" on Railway's development in Maharashtra was also unveiled.
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