Lucknow: Bolstering the Yogi government’s efforts to improve connectivity in UP, this time the central government has allocated 16 times more money in the Rail Budget to Uttar Pradesh, compared to what the state received between 2009 and 2014, said a government spokesperson on Tuesday.
The Union government has granted Uttar Pradesh a rail budget of ₹17,507 crore in 2022-2023 alone, compared to ₹1,109 crore between 2009-14.
The spokesperson said at present, work was going on in the state on new lines covering a distance of 7,143 km under 83 projects, on which about ₹94,000 crore were being spent, whereas 55 surveys were to be done for the long railway lines of 3,831 km.
