Indian Railways to lay four rail lines to connect Char Dham Yatra: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: Good news for devotees who wants to make their char Dham Yatra as the Indian Railways is working on a mission and on a much-awaited project to connect the Char Dham sites in Uttarakhand through a 327-km-long railway line.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, taking to Twitter, announced that the Indian Railways is going to make the Char Dham Yatra easy for crores of devotees.

“Under the leadership of Prime Minister @NarendraModi, Railway is going to make the Char Dham Yatra easy for crores of devotees. Devotees will be able to travel by rail to visit Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, and Kedarnath situated in the holy plains of Uttarakhand,” Goyal tweeted.

रेल मंत्री @PiyushGoyal ने कहा कि करोड़ों श्रद्धालु जल्द ही रेल के माध्यम से चारधाम यात्रा कर सकेंगे. उन्होंने ट्वीट में कहा है कि प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi के नेतृत्व में रेलवे करोड़ों श्रद्धालुओं के लिए चारधाम यात्रा आसान करने जा रही है.
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The Minister also posted a video in his tweet with details of the project.

Most of this entire project will pass through inaccessible hilly areas, according to the video, which also informed that the railways will have to build several tunnels for the project.

The railway line will connect Gangotri and Yamunotri. At the same time, Badrinath and Kedarnath will soon join through a railway network.

Indian Railways will lay four rail lines to connect the Char Dhams, which will stretch 327 km to connect the holy shrines in Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, and Kedarnath for an easy and comfortable journey of crores of devotees.

This railway line will also cross through Dehradun, Pauri, Garhwal, Chamoli, Rudra Prayag, and Uttarkashi, the ministry said.

(With Inputs from Agency)