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GURGAON: As many as 30 railway overbridges (RoBs) and one railway underbridge (RuB) have been constructed in Haryana between 2005 and March 2013 at the cost of Rs 651 crore.An official spokesman said that out of the 31 bridges, 28 ROBs and one RuB were constructed by the Public Works (Building and Roads) wing and two ROBs were built by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA).The spokesman said that construction work on 34 RoBs and RuBs was in progress up to March, 2013 and these will cost Rs 1,210 crore. The construction work on 13 RoBs and RuBs are in progress under PWD (B&R) wing, two under Haryana State Roads Development Corporation, four under HUDA, four under Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation and 11 under National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).In all, 19 RoBs and RuBs, costing Rs 426.98 crore, have ben included in the Railway Work Programme, and are likely to be undertaken soon.The 73.13-km-long Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak railway line has been constructed at the cost of Rs. 602.77 crore with Rs 301.38 crore as share of the state. A sum of Rs 498.25 crore has been spent on the construction of the railway line up to March, 2013 out of which Rs 269.62 crore has been paid by the state government to the Railways.The Hansi-Meham-Rohtak railway line is being constructed at an investment of Rs 406.87 crore. The share of the state government in this railway line is 260.43 crore, and the total length of the track is 68.8 kms. The final location survey is in progress for which the state government has deposited Rs 10 crore with the Railways, he added.

The spokesman maintained that the 80-km-long Jind-Sonipat railway line was being constructed at the cost of Rs 694 crore with Rs 347 crore as share of the state. An amount of Rs 435 crore had been spent on its construction up to March, 2013 out of which, the state government has already paid Rs 250 crore to the Railways.