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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved eight railway multitracking projects worth about Rs 20,804 crore on 9 September 2026, spanning 31 districts across nine states, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The projects will add roughly 1,196 km to the existing railway network and are targeted for completion by 2029-30. A southern cluster of five projects worth about Rs 10,021 crore covers 540 km across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana and is expected to add about 47 million tonnes per annum of freight carrying capacity, while a second cluster of three projects worth about Rs 10,783 crore covers 656 km across West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and is expected to benefit around 56 lakh people across 4,790 villages.