Flyover Track construction to begin soon(Bakhtiarpur & Barh)

by Shiva Nandan Prasad on Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:56 am

The undernoted news published in the Times Of India dated the 24th December 2007 shows the eagerness of the Railway Board to begin the left over work for the construction of new Sheikhpura-Barbigha-Biharsharif-Daniawan-Neora B.G.Line. It is a welcome news for the people of the area falling on the above route as well as for the people of the districts of Patna, Nalanda and Sheikhpura.:-

Flyover track work to begin soon
24 Dec 2007, 0244 hrs IST,TNN
PATNA: Work on the ambitious flyover track between Bakhtiarpur and Barh in Patna district is to begin soon at an estimated cost of Rs 80 crore. This project has been sanctioned by the Railway Board recently to fulfil immediate operational needs of heavy traffic on the mainline section of Danapur division under the East Central Railway (ECR).

According to sources, the Board has sanctioned this project mainly to segregate tracks for goods train services to maintain an uninterrupted coal supply to the NTPC power station at Barh, which is to be commissioned soon.

The completion of this project will enable the railways to run at least four to five coal-laden rakes daily from Tilaiya (Jharkhand) to Barh via the Rajgir-Bakhtiarpur section of Danapur division, sources said.

An ECR official said the proposed 20-km-long flyover track, which will be the first of its kind in the railways, is likely to give much relief to the railways in maintaining continuous supply of coals to the NTPC power station at Barh. Besides, it would be a new experiment for the railways to use flyover tracks, particularly in the mainline section of Danapur division, he said.

That apart, the railways have decided to carry on work on the proposed 50-km-long new bypass Neora-Daniyawan Project running via Punpun. This line will connect Daniyawan-Biharsharif-Barbigha-Sheikhpura lines, covering a distance of about 122 km. This project is estimated to cost more than Rs 227 crore.

According to sources, the railways are in need of about Rs 12,000 sq feet of land all along the 122-km-long route. They have so far acquired land in 25 villages of Nalanda and two villages of Patna district. This project is an old one pending completion. The Railway Board sanctioned Rs 100 crore for the same.

The railways have made progress on this project, particularly between the Daniyawan and Barbigha route. However, they have not made much progress on the route between Neora and Daniyawan, sources said.

A Railway Board official is optimistic that the completion of this project, which was initiated during the tenure of Nitish Kumar as the railway minister, will prove to be a boon for the smooth movement of goods trains. Besides, it will ease out heavy traffic movements on the mainline section of Danapur division, which is well above the saturation point, he said.

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