<p class="title">The railways have spent over Rs 3,500 crore in building Road Over Bridges and Road Under Bridges in 2018-2019 and has allocated Rs 4,100 crore for the purpose in the current financial year, the government told Parliament Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that in 2018-19, 1,477 Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs) were constructed across the Railway network.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said all unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) line have been eliminated as on January 31. In 2019-20, 1500 ROBs/RUBs have been targeted for construction out of which 195 have been built till May, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In 2018-19, Rs 3,543 crore was spent on construction of ROBs/RUBs. In 2019-20, Rs 4,100 crore has been allocated for construction of ROBs/RUBs out of which Rs 640 crore have been spent till May 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Policy for construction of ROBs/RUBs to eliminate manned level crossings (MLCs) on Golden Quadrilateral/Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) is under discussion," he said. </p>
<p class="title">The railways have spent over Rs 3,500 crore in building Road Over Bridges and Road Under Bridges in 2018-2019 and has allocated Rs 4,100 crore for the purpose in the current financial year, the government told Parliament Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that in 2018-19, 1,477 Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs) were constructed across the Railway network.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said all unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) line have been eliminated as on January 31. In 2019-20, 1500 ROBs/RUBs have been targeted for construction out of which 195 have been built till May, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In 2018-19, Rs 3,543 crore was spent on construction of ROBs/RUBs. In 2019-20, Rs 4,100 crore has been allocated for construction of ROBs/RUBs out of which Rs 640 crore have been spent till May 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Policy for construction of ROBs/RUBs to eliminate manned level crossings (MLCs) on Golden Quadrilateral/Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) is under discussion," he said. </p>