Indian Railways has approved the doubling of the 14-kilometer-long Tadali-Ghugus railway section in Maharashtra. The project is estimated to cost ₹228 crore. This marks another step towards enhancing rail infrastructure and increasing freight transportation capacity on a key national corridor. This project has been approved under a major program designed to enhance railway capacity. The program includes works such as doubling, tripling, and quadrupling of lines, as well as the construction of flyovers and bypass lines, to reduce network congestion and improve operational efficiency.
The Tadali-Ghugus section currently operates as a single-line route on the Wardha-Balharshah stretch, which is part of the Delhi-Chennai High-Density Network (HDN). Upon completion of the doubling work on this section, it is expected to improve train movement, reduce operational bottlenecks, and help handle the growing freight traffic on one of the country’s busiest rail corridors.
As per the approved plan, this project will increase the line’s capacity, enabling the transportation of approximately 4.5 million tonnes of freight annually. This enhanced capacity is expected to improve logistics efficiency and facilitate the movement of both existing and future freight services.
The Tadali-Ghugus route is primarily used for freight transport and plays a crucial role in moving heavy commodities such as coal, iron ore, gypsum, petroleum products (IOBT POL), sand, and laterite ash. This approval is part of Indian Railways’ broader strategy aimed at modernizing rail infrastructure, removing capacity-related bottlenecks, and strengthening the freight corridors essential for boosting economic activity and enhancing supply chain efficiency across the country.
The approval forms part of Indian Railways’ broader strategy to modernise rail infrastructure, remove capacity bottlenecks and strengthen critical freight corridors to support economic activity and improve supply chain efficiency across the country.
(PIB)
