Why India Built This Impossible Railway Line

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Konkan Railways is a major rail line on India's western coast connecting Mumbai to Mangalore. It runs through a very difficult terrain of Western Ghats which almost made it impossible to build.
Despite these challenges it was constructed in 1990s at a cost of ₹ 3,555 Crore.

Map References: OpenStreetMap Contributors, Konkan Railways, Wikipedia, GoogleMaps, Mapbox.
Music: Storyblocks

Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Background
2:22 Construction & Challenges
5:15 E Sreedharan
7:02 Benefits & Upgrades
9:04 Other Projects
10:16 Switzerland & Mountain Railway
12:16 Outro