Indian Railways generated 14,14,604 mandays during the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan

Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan was announced on 20.06.2020 for 125 days i.e., up to 22.10.2020. The Indian Railways identified 143 numbers of ongoing infrastructure projects like doubling of railway line, electrification of line, construction of new line, construction of Bridge/Road over Bridge, Signaling works etc. for expediting the progress of these projects, under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in six selected States. Details are as under:

S.No.

State

No. of Infrastructure Projects

1

Bihar

36

2

Jharkhand

4

3

Madhya Pradesh

28

4

Odisha

6

5

Rajasthan

16

6

Uttar Pradesh

53

Total

143

Indian Railways generated 14,14,604 mandays during the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in above States. Details are as under:

S.No.

State

No. of mandays generated

1

Bihar

3,95,527

2

Jharkhand

20,572

3

Madhya Pradesh

2,05,415

4

Odisha

84,190

5

Rajasthan

1,96,521

6

Uttar Pradesh

5,12,379

Total

14,14,604

This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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