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In 2004, the original idea of building a railway bridge between Dahej and Ghogha in Gujarat was first proposed to Railway Ministry by a mechanical engineer Vikram Zaveri. Details of the project was published in a Gujarati newspaper "Janmabhoomi" on 2nd August 2004[1]. Later Ferry service was approved by the Gujarat State Government on the same location in 2009 and was inaugurated by PM Modi in 2017[2]. The 2004 proposal for railway bridge was sent again to PM Modi in 2017 who forwarded it to S. C. Jain of Executive Director Works, Railway Bhavan. His response was posted on pgportal.gov.in on 23rd April, 2018[1]. On Feb. 26, 2025, Ravi Varma @RailDuniya on X and on March 13, 2025 "Mantavya News," "DeshGujarat" and others announced that Railway Ministry has approved 1 Cr. (INR 10 million) for Final Location Survey (FLS) of 40 km Dahej Bhavnagar railway Sea Link project, and 23.1 Crs. (INR 231 million) for FLS of three related coastal line projects (924 Km)[1][3].
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Zaveri, Vikram. "Dahej Bhavnagar railway sea link bridge: How original idea was proposed". www.researchgate.net. ResearchGate. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "What is ro-ro ferry service that PM Narendra Modi inaugurated at Ghogha?", India Today, 22 October 2017
- ^ "Railway board approves final location survey for Dahej-Bhavnagar sea-link rail". Bhaskar English. Retrieved 28 May 2025.