RBR is a strategically important route, connecting to western borders for military purpose, and yes TPPs , HPCL unit, cement unit of Ambuja and many other things are also a factor , secondly RBR pe maximum land railway ki api hai (as confirmed for the concerning source) LHR pe bahut land issues hain, as per officials, which calls for mass litigation, which may consume lot of time and money. This is the fact told to me by senior officials recently. LHR ki doubling possible hai if people are ready to vacate those occupied lands and state govt could bear the burden too, which is amounting in crores and crores of rupees, so for railways its a loss machine at this time. RBR pe 6 TPPs hain on both sides and another fact is that it is directly connecting all the ICDs and other inter modal logistic parks in North with...
more... Kandla and Mundra ports in Gujrat, these are not my words, these are the words of all senior officials.