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The CCEA has approved Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road new rail line. This railway line is between which of these two states?
A
Gujarat & Haryana
B
Rajasthan & Haryana
C
Maharashtra & Gujarat
D
Rajasthan & Gujarat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched two rail projects worth over $350m (RS29bn) at Asarva, Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat. These projects are the Ahmedabad (Asarva)-Himmatnagar-Udaipur Gauge Converted Line and Lunidhar-Jetalsar Gauge Converted Line.

Detailed explanation-2: -In south the first line was opened on Ist July, 1856 by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Vyasarpadi Jeeva Nilayam (Veyasarpandy) and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. In the North a length of 119 miles of line was laid from Allahabad to Kanpur on 3rd March 1859.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Saurashtra, Bhavnagar was the first and Gondal the second state to build a Railway network. Railways in this region began in December 1880 with inauguration of the line from Bhavnagar Terminus to Wadhwan City.

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