The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved two railway projects totaling Rs. 6,405 crore. These projects include doubling the Koderma-Barkakana track in Jharkhand and the Ballari-Chikjajur line across Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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