Odisha gets Rs 4373 cr outlay in rail budget for railway projects in 2020-21

Bhubaneswar, Feb 5: Odisha has got Rs 4373 crore outlay for railway projects in 2020-21 in the budget as against Rs 4593 crore last year. Railway officials said that new work sanctioned in current budget is Sambalpur-Gopalpur new line via Phulbani (With length 241 KMs). It has been sanctioned at a cost of Rupees 2957 Crores subject to final approval of Niti Ayog. Khurda Road-Balangir line has been given 520 Crores against 350 Crores last while Angul-Sukinda project has got 450 Crores against 250 Crores last year. Haridaspur-Paradeep project will be commissioned this year by March. Only 100 Crores have been allotted as the project is nearing completion. This project was allotted Rupees 400 Crores last year. “There is significant increase in allotment towards doubling projects especially, Sambalpur-Talcher, Sambalpur-Titilagarh, Titilagarh-Rayagada and Titilagarh-Raipur. Electrification of Khurda Road-Balangir line and Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh Road line has been given priority,” said a railway official. The official further said that Wagon Repair Workshop at Maneswar near Sambalpur has been given a substantial amount of Rupees 20 Crores. “To enhance Safety, elimination of Level Crossings by constructing Road Over Bridge (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs) have been given top priority and works costing Rupees 1165 Crores have been sanctioned,” added the official.  FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR IMPORTANT RAILWAY PROJECTS IN ODISHA wp:table Sl No. Name of the Projects Budget Grant (Rupees in Crores) 2020-21 NEW LINES/WORK IN PROGRESS   1 Angul-Sukinda Road (98.7 km) New line 450.00 2 Haridaspur-Paradeep (82 km) New line 100.00 3 Khurda Road-Balangir (289 km) New line 520.00 4 Talcher-Bimlagarh (154 km) New line 140.00 5 Jeypore-Malkanagiri (130 KM) New line 33.00 6 Jeypore-Nabarangpur (38Km.) New line 20.00 7 Khurda Road-Vizianagaram bye-pass 20.00 8 Naupada-Gunupur extension up to Theruvali 79.45 Kms (sanctioned last year) 0.01 9 Gopalpur to Sambalpur via Phulbani (sanctioned this year) 0.01 10 Talcher-Angul - New line with Y-connection at Talcher (14.5 km) 0.01 DOUBLING WORKS   01 Sambalpur-Talcher (174.11 km) Doubling 292.00 02 Sambalpur-Titilagarh (182.11 km) Doubling 382.00 03 Titilagarh-Vizianagaram 3rd Line 264.6 Kms 380.00 04 Banspani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura (180 km) 80.00 05 Brundamal-Jharsuguda-Fly over connection for joining down line (6.6 km) 10.00 06 Bhadrak-Nergundi-3rd line (80 km) 102.00 07 Jarapada-Budapank (3rd and 4th Line) 118.00 08 Budapank-Salegaon  (3rd and 4th Line) 205.00 09 Koraput-Singapore Road 201.00 10 Jagadalpur-Koraput 110 Kms 130.00 11 Kottavalasa-Koraput 189 Kms 196.00 12 Raipur-Titilagarh 203 KMs 146.00 13 Khurda Road-Barang 3rd Line 35.00 14 Jharsuguda-Bilaspur 4th Line 206 KMs 280.00 15 Baghuapal Flyover 10.00 16 Manoharpur-Bondamunda 3rd Line 35.00 17 Rourkela-Jharsuguda 3rd Line 170.00 18 Bondamunda-Ranchi Doubling 20.00 19 Narayangarh-Bhadrak 3rd Line 50.00 20 Bondamunda-Rourakela 4th Line 23.00 21 Champa-Jharsuguda 3rd Line 20.00 WORKSHOP & OTHER IMPORTANT WORKS    01 Angul Electric Loco Shed-Augmentation of Holding Capacity from 100 Engines to 150 04.00 02 Maneswar (Sarla Road) : Freight Train Maintenance facility 20.00 03 Kalahandi Setting up of Electric Engine Overhauling workshop 1.00 RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION WORKS in Odisha 180.00 Grand Total 4373.00 /wp:table