The railway ministry is likely to announce its own version of a golden quadrilateral project in the budget this year.
The project envisages connecting the four metros with an additional line to augment the rail network on the high density corridors. Nitish Kumar and his team feel that with the completion of the National Highway Development Project (NHDP) that will connect all major commercial centres in the country by 2007, the road sector will pose an even bigger threat for the railways. Accordingly, the ministry has mooted the proposal to develop its own version of the golden quadrilateral project that will involve a simultaneous growth in rail infrastructure on the high density networks.
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