Pune Yard remodelling project gets Rs 5 crore
Editor | February 7, 2017 @ 11:02 AM
Pune
The Union government has allotted funds to the Pune Yard's remodelling project, and the new terminal at Hadapsar. Both projects will get Rs5 crore each.
This year, the railway budget was merged with the Union budget. Also sanctioned were a new 105km-long line between Phaltan and Pandharpur at a cost of Rs 1,149 crore, an 8km line between Hatkanangale and Ichalkaranji, estimated to cost Rs 160 crore, and the 78km Jejuri-Ashthi line at a cost of Rs 1,560 crore.
Apart from this, additional funds have been allocated for five railway projects which were sanctioned last year in the Pune division. Two new railway overbridges have also been sanctioned near the Bhiwandi station, and an additional Rs 7.35 crore has been allotted to build new high-level platforms in the Pune-Daund section at Manjri Budruk, Khutbav and Kadethan, with one foot over bridge each.
Track renewal work has also been sanctioned in the Pune-Lonavla, Pune-Daund and Pune-Miraj sections at a cost of Rs35 crore. Also, Rs 3.82 crore has been set aside for the upgradation of power supply at Pune and Miraj stations. Also sanctioned were improved signalling systems in the Pune-Lonavla section at Rs 4.35 crore, and replacement of old girders on nine bridges at a cost of Rs 4.33 crore in the Pune-Daund and Pune-Miraj Kolhapur sections.
Source: Times Property, The Times of India, Pune