
Indian Railways sanctioned two infrastructure projects worth ₹345 crore covering line doubling in Odisha and the expansion of the Kavach 4.0 safety system in Uttar Pradesh.
An amount of ₹122 crore was cleared for the 6-km Barbil-Bolanikhadan single-line doubling project in Odisha to support iron ore freight movement in the mineral corridor.
A sum of ₹223 crore was allocated to deploy Kavach 4.0 across 614.75 route kilometers in the Varanasi Division to prevent signal passing at danger and enhance operational safety.