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| Leh rail link at Rs 22,000 Crs | | | NEW DELHI: The ambitious and strategically important Leh-Bilaspur rail link proposal gains momentum with railways finalising the feasibility report of the project.
Six passenger trains and nine goods trains are being proposed to run daily between the proposed 498 km long Leh-Bilaspur section in the feasibility report.
"The feasibility report of Leh-Bilaspur rail link project is almost ready and it will be submitted to Railway Ministry shortly for scrutiny. After the scrutiny, the report would be sent to the Planning Commission before being sent to Parliament for final approval," said a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the feasibility study.
The feasibility study of Leh-Bilaspur rail link project, carried out by railways, has estimated that 6,000 passengers are expected to travel daily in the section, once the line is operational in this difficult terrain.
On the freight front, the feasibility report has taken into account of the possibility of carrying 3.92 million tonnes - mostly foodgrains, steel, sugar, oil, iron and cement - in a year.
The proposed rail project linking Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir will have 20 stations including Chhibbrin, Sundar Nagar, Bhangrotu, Mandi, Kullu, Manali, Mulden, Pang and Jarapa.
According to the report, the Leh-Bilaspur project is estimated to cost about Rs 22,000 crores.
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