Construction of Aligarh-Harduaganj flyover

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for taking up construction of Aligarh-Harduaganj flyover by Ministry of Railways.  The total length of the railway flyover will be 22 kms. The project is expected to be completed by 2024-25 at a cost of over Rs. 1285 crore.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

At Aligarh Junction Station a branch line Bareilly-Aligarh terminates. The trains coming from Howrah side and going to Harduaganj/Bareilly cross Howrah-New Delhi main route, which is busiest section of Indian Railways.  Due to heavy traffic there is no path available for surface crossing of loaded goods trains coming from Howrah side and going to Harduaganj/Bareilly.  This results into heavy detention of trains at Aligarh Junction.  This location has become a bottleneck and is affecting the train working badly causing delays and detentions and also reducing the wagon turn round.