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• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (Sept 15th) approved the 121-km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor, which will connect Palwal and Sonipat, and decongest the national capital region.

Implementing Body

•  The project will be implemented by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd, a joint venture between the railway ministry and the Haryana government, and is expected to be complete in five years at an estimated cost of ₹5,617 crore.

Connect Haryana Districts to Gurugram and Chandigarh

• “This rail line will start from Palwal and end at Harsana Kalan station (on Delhi-Ambala section). This will give connectivity en route to Patli station (on Delhi-Rewari line), Sultanpur station (on Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar Line) and Asaudha Station (on Delhi Rohtak line),” the government said.

For Industries

•  It will make train travel faster from Gurugram and industrial regions in Haryana, including Manesar, Sohna, Farukhnagar, Kharkhauda and Sonipat.

Complementing the WDFC

•  It will help develop multimodal logistics hubs in Haryana and will connect unserved areas of the state. “It will provide high-speed seamless connectivity of this region to Dedicated Freight Corridor network resulting in reduction of cost and time of transportation for EXIM (export-import) traffic from NCR to ports of India, making exports of goods more competitive,” it said.

Rail and Road Complementing Each Other

• The way the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway is helping decongest Delhi with road traffic bypassing the national capital, the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor project will reduce congestion on Delhi’s rail network, said an infrastructure expert.
• Estimates of Figures Around 20,000 passengers will be travelling on this line daily and 50 million tonnes of goods will be carried every year.

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