One recent academic publication studying the effect of  this project concluded that it increased real income by 16%, an estimate that was in part carried out by studying the decline in the price of salt at sites distant from mines at Kohat and the Sambhar Salt Lake.
The Earl of Mayo canceled the second round of this project for fiscal reasons, in part because the straight ascents at Tlal and Bhor Ghat had cost much more than even the pessimistic estimates of this project's chief engineer, Major Kennedy. One recent academic publication studying the effect of  this project concluded that it increased real income by 16%, an estimate that was in part carried out by studying the decline in the price of salt at sites distant from mines at Kohat and the Sambhar Salt Lake. Notwithstanding that, Mahatma Gandhi said "there can be little doubt that [this project] promotes evil." The first eastern portion of this project linked the coalfields of Bardhaman to Howrah station, on the west bank of the Hooghly opposite Calcutta. For ten points, what is this infrastructure network, which now employs 1.6 million people and whose main lines link cities like Bombay and Delhi?
The Earl of Mayo canceled the second round of this project for fiscal reasons, in part because the straight ascents at Tlal and Bhor Ghat had cost much more than even the pessimistic estimates of this project's chief engineer, Major Kennedy.
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