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Budget allocates Rs 3,042 crore for railway infrastructure in Kerala; no major projects

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union budget for 2025-26 has a Rs 3,042 crore outlay for railway infrastructure development in Kerala. Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said the total budgetary allocation for Kerala is nearly eight times the average outlay of Rs 372 crore allotted during the 2009-14 UPA regime. There are eight projects spanning 419 km and costing Rs 12,350 crore in progress in Kerala. Commissioning of the Kavach safety system is progressing at 107 locations at a sanctioned cost of Rs 531 crore, a Southern Railway statement said.

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