Rlys completes many major projects in ECR

PATNA: Despite the Covid-19 challenges, the East Central Railway (ECR) has claimed to have completed most of its ongoing major projects in Bihar for fiscal 2020-21 within the stipulated deadlines.
According to ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, “Railways completed much awaited about 30km-long Hajipur-Goshwar-Vaishali lines, which was the part of the 150km-long Hajipur–Sigauli new line project.”
He said commissioning of rail services over 1.9km-long Kosi mega rail bridge was a major achievement during the pandemic period.“It has shortened the 298km distance between Nirmali and Saraigarh via Darbhanga-Samastipur-Khagaria-Mansi-Saharsa to 22km due to direct connectivity. Migrant workers who had returned from other states during the lockdown were engaged by the railways to complete the bridge work in time,” Rajesh said.
Officials said railways has also completed a new rail bridge replacing the old Kiul-Lakhisarai rail bridge during the 2020-21 fiscal.
Deliberating on the track-doubling works, he said railways completed Samastipur-Darbhanga (38km), Darbhnaga-Thalwara (9km), Ramna-Nagar Untari (11km), Nagar Untari-Birhamganj (12km), Garwah-Ramna (32km), Garwah-Meralgram (11.5km), Jaranghdih-Daniya (29km), Jarangdih-Bokaro (6km), Daniya-Jogeshwar Vihar (6km) on March 27.
He said railways completed gauge conversion work at an estimated cost of Rs1475 crore on the Sakri-Loukha Bazar-Nirmali and Saharsa-Forbesganj routes.
To improve track safety, railways completed Bachhwara yard remodelling, route relay interlocking work at Muzaffarpur station and panel interlocking works at different places under the ECR. “The ECR also completed 311 route km rail electrification work on different routes to ensure smooth running of electric locomotives hauled passenger train services on each section in its all five divisions,” the CPRO said.