The Railway Ministry will conduct a study to expand the railway and ropeway network in Uttarakhand on the lines of Switzerland.
The Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal gave approval to the final location survey of the Indian Railways’ Tanakpur-Bageshwar line.
The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had requested the Railway Ministry to include the Tanakpur-Bageshwar railway line in FY20 to speed up the process of the region’s social and economic development.
The Railway Minister also asked officials to take immediate measures for doubling the single railway line on the Haridwar-Raiwala section as well as introducing direct train service between Dehradun and Rishikesh.
He also asked the officials to work out an action plan on commercial utilisation of the old Rishikesh railway station.