English translation for Non Hindi rail fans
Bhagalpur [Rajneesh]. The 74.8 km new railway line of Sultanganj-Kataria-Assarganj-Tarapur-Behar of Malda Railway Division has not been started so far. For about 11 years, the railways have been keeping it alive only in the budget. In the general budget of 2021-22, a project of Rs. 2, 88 crore 85 lakh has been allocated one thousand rupees (token money).The public has been assured by giving a thousand token money that the project is being looked after by the railways. So far, nine crore thirty lakh 94 thousand rupees have also been spent in the name of this project on behalf of the Ministry of Railways. The land has not been acquired, while a separate platform has...
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been built at Sultanganj station for this new line.600 acres of land required: Railways need about 600 acres of land for the 74.8 km long railway line. Apart from Bhagalpur, this railway line is to pass through Munger and Banka district. A preferred railway official said that railway land is to be acquired in three districts. There is no clamour in this direction. The people of Assarganj, Kataria, Behar, Shanbhuganj, Fullidumer, Amarpur area have been looking forward to coming to the train for years.Political patch behind the project: This new railway was announced by the then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in 2008-09. At that time, crores of rupees were also allocated for the survey before laying the railway line on behalf of the Ministry of Railways. Then, mamata Banerjee became the railway minister when Lalu Prasad was removed, the project was put in the cold storage. Even after sanction of railway projects by and large, the political patch of the Ministry has been on this project for the last several years. Even after a decade, it has not been completed.