The Maharashtra government has asked the railway ministry to upgrade its track in the state for 200 kilometre per hour speed to achieve double digit growth of the economy and development of backward regions.
Speaking with Business Standard after participating in the National Infrastructure Development Mission conference in New Delhi, state finance minister Jayant Patil said, "We all know that railways were the engines of first industrial revolution in India in the late 19th and early 20th century and if we want to have manufacturing-based growth, which will provide employment to millions, the time has come to invest in the modernisation of the rail network".
He further said, "Maharashtra has always remained in the forefront of the economic development of the country and the growth of the gross state domestic production has been in the double digit mark for the last two to three years. If investments are made in the rail network, state will easily grow at the present 10 percent rate and lift the country's overall growth rate".
He said the present average speed of Indian railways is just around 55 kmph and maximum speed is about 110 kmph, which is even lower than the speed in some of developing countries."
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