The Indian Railways has allocated 93.26 crore rupees for the redevelopment of Chandigarh railway station. This will help expedite the construction of a new station. An additional 500 crore rupees have been allocated for laying new tracks, part of a project that's been in the works for 50 years. The central...
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government has also approved funding for four other projects in the Ambala division: a new railway line between Nangal Dam and Talwara, a new line between Chandigarh and Baddi, a line between Bhanupalli, Bilaspur, and Beeri, and a doubling of the Rajpura-Bathinda line. The Nangal Dam-Talwara project is expected to be completed with a budget of 2017.96 crore rupees and will involve laying 83.7 kilometers of new track. This will improve connectivity for passengers traveling to Pathankot, Jammu, and Kashmir. The Chandigarh-Baddi line, estimated to cost 1540.14 crore rupees, will see 33.23 kilometers of new track laid with 300 crore rupees provided by the central government. This will directly connect Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Work will also commence on the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beeri line, which will require 6753.42 crore rupees, of which 1700 crore rupees have been allocated. The doubling of the Rajpura-Bathinda track is also underway, with an estimated cost of 2458.99 crore rupees. 99.98 crore rupees have been allocated to complete the remaining work.