Home / India News / Char Dham rail: A train to the Kedarnath shrine may not run anytime soon

Char Dham rail: A train to the Kedarnath shrine may not run anytime soon

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd says 'no purpose' in building Kedarnath leg of Char Dham rail

Premium

The RVNL’s internal assessment report said the Kedarnath railway line offered no strategic advantages and, at 214 km, was longer than the road distance from Rishikesh to Sonprayag

Sai Manish New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : May 26 2022 | 11:27 PM IST

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), the implementing agency for the Rs 73,000 crore Char Dham rail project, is against building a broad-gauge railway line on the proposed alignment to the holy shrine at Kedarnath.

After eight years of field surveys and studies, the RVNL has said in an internal assessment report that the Kedarnath link has “technical difficulties, exorbitant cost and does not serve any strategic purpose”. The broad-gauge line is critical to the project given the limitations of the terrain and the strategic needs of the Indian army.

ALSO READ - Collective effort needed to

Topics : Char Dham Yatra Indian Railways Kedarnath Rail Vikas Nigam train journey special trains

What you get on BS Premium?

Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.

VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in