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Need to have private-public partnership to improve condition of railways: Gowda

Last updated on: July 08, 2014 13:53 IST

Image: There has been a huge debate on the PPP issue over the years.
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Railways will interact with Industry and take further steps to attract investment under Public Private Partnership through built, operate and transfer and annuity route and 8 to 10 capacity augmentation projects on congested routes will be identified for this purpose.

Presenting the Railway Budget in Parliament on Tuesday the Minister of Railways D V Sadananda Gowda said Zonal Railways will be suitably empowered to finalise and execute such projects.

The minister said with a large backlog of sanctioned projects, funding continues to be the biggest challenge for Railways.

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Need to have private-public partnership to improve condition of railways: Gowda

Image: Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda.
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He said while private investment and customer funding for some port connectivity projects and few other Power Sector Projects has started, much more needs to happen if infrastructure creation has to keep pace with the requirement.

Indian Railways has taken up port connectivity on priority through PPP mode of funding in tandem with Sagar Mala Project of Port Development.

Railways will facilitate connectivity to the new and upcoming ports through private participation, Gowda said.

So far in principle approval has been granted for building rail connectivity to the Ports of Jaigarh, Dighi, Rewas, Hazira, Tuna, Dholera and Astranga under Participative Model Policy of Indian Railways, amounting to a total of over Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion).

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