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PM @narendramodi will dedicate to the nation railway lines connecting Thane and Diva via video-conferencing today

PM will also flag off two suburban trains of the Mumbai Suburban Railway

Event being held at
📍Thane Railway Station at🕟4.30PM

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The start of these railway lines connecting Thane and Diva will benefit around 1 lakh passengers on a daily basis, that is, it will be beneficial to 3.5 crore passengers annually: Railways Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw

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You have made a record allotment in Rail Budget for the transformation of #Railways. I heartily thank you for that, on behalf of the whole Rail Parivar

As per your vision, railways is a mean of transforming the country's economy

: Railways Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw to PM

Apart from bringing about transformational change in the lives of common man, Railways is also a means to decreasing the overall logistics cost in the country: @AshwiniVaishnaw at the inauguration function of railway lines connecting Thane and Diva

@Central_Railway @RailMinIndia

Maharashtra has been significant in the capital investment made for #railways

While Rs 1114 cr. in avg. was allocated to Maharashtra between 2009-14, it went up four times to Rs 4101 cr. between 2014-19, now in 2022-23, a record Rs 11,903 cr. has been allocated: @AshwiniVaishnaw

Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Uddhav Thackeray thanked PM Shri Modi for dedicating to the Nation two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva that will be beneficial to the general public

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Prime Minister @narendramodi inaugurated two additional railway lines between Thane and Diva via video conferencing and dedicated it to the nation

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PM @narendramodi flagged off two suburban trains of the Mumbai Suburban Railway via video conferencing

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Built at a cost of about Rs 620 cr., the additional railway lines between Thane and Diva will significantly remove the interference of long distance train’s traffic with suburban train’s traffic
These tracks will also enable introduction of 36 new suburban trains
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The dignitaries present at the function held in Thane Railway Station included Railways Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw, MoS(Railways) @raosahebdanve, MoS(Panchayati Raj) @KapilPatil_, Maharashtra Govt. Ministers Shri Eknath Shinde and Shri Jitendra Awhad among others

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