The Centre has allocated Rs 14,205 crore for railway infrastructure in West Bengal in the Union Budget for 2026-27, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Monday, adding a high-speed rail corridor between Varanasi and Siliguri, which is slated to be extended to Assam, has also been sanctioned.
Vaishnaw also said that the 2052-km-long Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) from Dankuni to Surat in Gujarat, which aims to connect and decongest networks, a move that has boosted goods movement in other zones.
Speaking about other railway safety projects, Vaishnaw said, “In a bid to end elephant fatalities on tracks, AI-based technology will be deployed to detect animal movement near railway lines.”
