Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji and Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Ji for allocating ₹17,155 crore for railways in Gujarat in Budget 2025.

In a post on X platform, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah said under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the railway network of Gujarat, along with the entire country, is witnessing a golden period of development and expansion and the Union Budget2025-26 will further accelerate this journey of progress.

Shri Amit Shah said, during 2009- 14  under the opposition Government, only ₹589 crore was allocated for railways in Gujarat during 2009 to 2014, while the Modi government has made a historic announcement to increase that amount by 29 times, to ₹17,155 crore in the year 2025-26. In the past decade, the electrification of railway tracks in Gujarat has increased by 22 times, and now 97 per cent of the railway tracks in Gujarat have been electrified, he added.

He said, in the coming days, 87 stations in the state will be developed as Amrit Stations at a cost of ₹6,303 crore. Among these, the key stations include Ahmedabad, Anand, Ankleshwar, Jamnagar, Junagadh Junction, Mehsana Junction, Navsari, Porbandar, Rajkot Junction, Vadodara, and Vapi.Top of Form The redevelopment of 7 major stations is also under progress at a cost of ₹5,572 crore which include Gandhinagar Capital, Sabarmati, Somnath, Udhna, Surat, New Bhuj, and Ahmedabad.

Being the Member of Parliament from Gandhinagar, he expressed delight that ₹799 crore is being invested for the redevelopment of the Gandhinagar. He said that this transformation of the railway network in the state will further boost trade, industry, transportation, and employment in Gujarat.

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