The Indian Railways administration is nearing completion of the 240 km long Katni-Singrauli railway line doubling project. Approximately 210 km of doubling work has been completed. In April of this fiscal year, the West Central Railway management successfully completed 30 km of doubling work on this Rs. 2445 crore...
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project. The Chief Public Relations Officer of West Central Railway stated that the doubling work is being completed expeditiously under the direction of the General Manager, Bandopadhyay. Though the project is targeted for completion by 2026, 30 km of doubling between Vijay Sota and Beohari on the Katni-Singrauli rail section was completed in April due to the high volume of coal traffic and passenger demand. This will expedite the movement of express trains and coal freight on this route. Doubling of this line has been a long-standing need, but was delayed due to various reasons. The completion of this project will greatly facilitate the faster movement of trains on this rail route and will also increase railway revenue from coal transportation. The lack of doubling on the Singrauli-Katni rail route has been causing difficulties in coal transportation. This resulted in losses for the railways and disruptions in coal supply for NCL. The impact on coal transportation also affected power projects. With the completion of the doubling of this rail route, there will be an increase in coal transportation, which will benefit the railways economically.