Railways approves ₹398 crore OFC project to boost communication network
New Delhi: Indian Railways has sanctioned an important project for strengthening its communication infrastructure in Western Railway with the approval of the provision of 4×48 Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Backbone in Ahmedabad and Ratlam Divisions at a total cost of ₹398.36 crore.
The project has been approved under the umbrella work titled “Provision of Kavach with communication backbone of Long Term Evolution (LTE) on balance routes of Indian Railways (Umbrella Work 2024-25)”, which has an overall sanctioned cost of ₹27,693 crore under Works Programme 2024-25 (PH-33).
