As many as 52 projects for rail connectivity to ports entailing an investment of Rs 44,605 crore are underway, it is learnt. These projects are being carried out jointly by the Indian Port Rail Corporation Ltd (IPRCL) and the Ministry of Railways.
Of the total, IPRCL has taken up 32 projects worth Rs 18,253 crore across nine Major Ports, of which eight projects worth Rs 175 crore have been completed.
In addition, 23 rail connectivity projects worth Rs 24,877 crore identified under Sagarmala have been taken up by the Ministry of Railways. Of these, seven projects entailing an investment of Rs 2,491 crore have been completed.
Another 15 rail connectivity projects worth Rs 4,193 were also taken up, of which three projects worth Rs 52 crore have been finished.
Besides, a pact for implementation of the 362 km Indore-Manmad new railway line project has been signed between Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Ministry of Railways and the governments of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The project will reduce the distance from Mumbai/Pune to key central India locations by 171 km, resulting in lower logistics costs. The new railway line will pass through the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor nodes of Igatpuri, Nashik and Sinnar, Pune and Khed, and Dhule and Nardana.
