15 rail stations in Haryana to be revamped under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for selecting 15 Haryana stations for redevelopment under the 'Amrit Bharat Station Scheme'. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing. These stations are spread across 27 states and union territories and also include 22 in Punjab.

According to an official statement, the 15 railway stations in Haryana which will be redeveloped under the scheme are Ambala City, Bhiwani Junction, Faridabad, Pataudi Road, Hisar, Bahadurgarh, Jind Junction, Narwana Junction, Narnaul, Kalka, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat and Yamunanagar-Jagadhri. At an event organised at the Chandigarh railway station on the occasion, Khattar said remarkable works have been done in the infrastructure, road and railway system sectors in the last nine years. He said with the completion of the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal Expressway and Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, traffic pressure on Delhi has reduced significantly.

Now, every district in Haryana is connected to a national highway. This has given a boost to the state's economy, the chief minister said. Khattar said the Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Authority has been constituted to strengthen the railway system and an MoU has been signed with the Railway Ministry under which a special purpose vehicle (SPV) has been formed.

The country's first elevated railway track, spanning five kilometres, has been built in Rohtak. The work on a similar track in Kurukshetra is almost complete while the detailed project report for Kaithal has been prepared, he said. Haryana Orbit Railway Corridor from Palwal to Sonipat has been approved.