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Placing budget proposals before the House, the Railway Minister has announced following surveys to be taken up for laying of new rail lines, gauge conversion and doubling the lines:

Placing  budget proposals before the House, the Railway Minister has announced following surveys to be taken up for laying of new rail lines, gauge conversion and doubling the lines:

New Lines

1.          Prantik-Siuri

2.         Murkongselek-Pasighat

3.       Kusheshwarsthan-Saharsa

4.         Gunjaria-Gazole

5.         Loharu-Bhiwani

6.         Rama Mandi-Maur Mandi via Talwandi Saheb

7.         Khurja-Raya new line via Mat, Surir, Bajna

8.         Tanakpur-Bageshwar

9.         Rail link to Tonk - Devli

10.        Anupgarh to Kolayat via Khajuwala

11.         Khammam to Podattur

12.        Edapally-Guruvayur

13.        Sabarimala-Chenganur

14.        Nagapattinam-Thirucheraipundi

15.        Erode-Satyamanglam

16.        Talguppa-Honavar

17.        Sivok-Rangpo

18.        Kalyan-Ahmedanagar

19.        Lohna-Muktapur via Alinagar, Trimuhani, Bahedi, Shivajinagar

20         Sitamarhi-Jayanagar via Sursand, Bhithamod

21         Bhagwanpur –Samastipur via Mahua , Patepur, Tajpur

22.         Veer-Hari Hareshwar

23.         Lalganj-Bachhrawan via Gurubakshganj

     Gauge Conversion

1.        Kosamba-Umarpada

2.      Doubling

3.      Koraput-Kirandul

4.      Kottavalasa-Koraput

5.      Bhadrak-Nergundi 3^rd  line

6.      Hajipur-Bachwara

7.      Muzzafarpur-Hajipur

8.      Baruipur-Sealdah 3^rd line.

9.      Lucknow-Varanasi via Rae Bareilly, Amethi

10.      Burnpur-Asansol

Source: http://pib.nic.in