Bhopal/Ratlam: The Ratlam division technical/construction department of the western railways has appealed to union railway minister to allocate Rs 100 crore for gauge conversion on Fatehabad-Mhow track in the forthcoming union railway budget.
Work on Ratlam-Fatehabad gauge conversion began from this January and is to be followed up with Fatehabad-Mhow section to be followed later on with Mhow-Khandwa section. The first phase, which is already underway, is scheduled for completion by next fiscal in April end.
For the 2nd phase the railways have completed survey work. The construction department following up on survey...
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report has written to the ministry asking for Rs 100 crore for converting metre gauge into broad gauge.
The Ratlam-Mhow metre gauge line had started in 1876 and its Khandwa-Akola section was completed in 1961. The gauge conversion of this 685.75 Kms long line was sanctioned in 2008-09 with the estimated cost of Rs 1421.25 crore. It has three sections Ratlam-Khandwa (298.64), Khandwa-Akola (174-Kms) and Ratlam-Mhow (147.5-Kms).
Since the project was approved barely 3% work has been completed on this route in the last three years.
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