NEW DELHI : The government cleared electrification of two sections of rail lines at a cost of Rs. 518.43 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the electrification of the Shoranur-Mangalore-Penambur section of the Southern Railway at a cost of Rs. 302.50 crore. The 328-km stretch of the Chennai-Mangalore corridor mainly runs through Kerala, and a part of it comes in Karnataka.
It also approved the Rohtak-Bhatinda-Lehra Muhabat section of the Northern Railway at a cost of Rs.215.93 crore. The projects are expected to be completed by 2014-15. The Committee also approved the upgrade of a part of the Hyderabad-Bangalore section of NH-7 in Karnataka at an estimated cost of Rs. 679.36 crore. The project is to be executed in 30 months.
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