Cabinet nod to rail link plan prepared in 4 mths under GatiShakti project

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved construction of a new 117-km railway line connecting Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road in Gujarat and Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs 2,798 crore. This is a major infrastructure project plan which has been prepared in barely 3-4 months using the GatiShakti platform — the integrated infrastructure planning framework the government had launched exactly eight months back.
Sources said usually preparation of such a plan takes around 6-8 months and requires a lot of field surveys. But because of the data and information available on the GatiShakti platform, the time period reduced drastically. The government aims to complete the project by 2026-27. Ambaji is a famous pilgrimage destination and is one of the 51 shaktipeeths in India. It will also cater to the needs of devotees visiting the Ajitnath Jain temple — one of the 24 holy Jain Tirthankaras — at Taranga Hill.
Union home minister Amit Shah tweeted the new railway line will prove beneficial for devotees and accelerate development in the region. “PM Modi has put sustained efforts for rejuvenation of our old pilgrim sites and to provide best facilities to devotees” he said.