New Delhi: Continuous work is being done to lay the Char Dham Rail Link of Indian Railways Uttarakhand. Here the survey work has been completed to construct the rail line to Gangotri and Yamunotri. This survey will go from Doiwala to Barkot via Uttarkashi. At the same time, work has also been speeded up for the Rishikesh-Karnprayag railway line to connect Badrinath and Kedarnath Dham with the railway line.
The dream of reaching Uttarakhand’s Char Dham by train will be fulfilled in the next few years. Railways is constantly working in the difficult geography of the place and also in the opposite weather. The survey work for Gangotri and Yamunotri has been completed. That is, the dream of reaching Uttarakhand’s Char Dham now by train is going to be fulfilled soon. For this, the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited ie RVNL has completed the survey work from Doiwala to Uttarkashi to Barkot.
A look at the survey
The track will be approximately 125 km long
Estimated cost of 24 thousand crores
The survey started in March 2018
There will be 10 stations on this line
Rail line will pass through 24 tunnels and 19 bridges
Constant work is going on for the railway line leading to Badrinath and Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. Here the construction of the new Rishikesh railway station and tunnel has been completed. New Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail is expected to be ready by 2025. This railway line will be 125 km long, 105 km of which will pass through the tunnel. The train will run at a speed of 100 km per hour on the Rishikesh-Karnprayag railway track. That is, this project will not only complete the ambitious project of the Government of India, but the people of Uttarakhand will be of great benefit.
