He is just posting a news article. It is not his own data. What other 'proof' can he get? Please request the 'proof' from the concerned newspaper or through an RTI.
And newspapers have a habit of mixing up railway terms. For starters, the construction data given by IR includes doubling/tripling, new loop lines/sidings, gauge conversion and track renewals. A common reader does not differentiate between these things, so they are usually just reported under 'new/cpmpleted construction'.
A new railway route might make it...
more... to the news, but all these other works are also equally expensive, intensive and need a lot of effort from IR.