Why in news
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved five railway multi-tracking projects worth ₹10,021 crore covering 540 km across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana.
Key terms
Multi-tracking
Adding additional physical tracks (doubling, tripling, or quadrupling) alongside existing railway corridors to boost traffic capacity.
Scope of the infrastructure expansion
- Adds 540 km of multi-tracking lines across 17 districts in four southern states.
- Planned under the PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan for integrated multimodal transport infrastructure.
Strategic and economic utility
- Enhances line capacity to ease severe rail network congestion, improving freight transit times and passenger service reliability.
- Improves direct connectivity for over 2,121 villages and key industrial and tourist nodes including Tirupati, Kolar Gold Fields, Hosur, and Mettur Dam.
Prelims facts
- Multi-tracking under PM-Gati Shakti aims to reduce line density constraints and lower logistics costs.
Source: PIB English
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