Cuttack, Dec 8: Odisha’s Cuttack Railway Station Building will be designed on the theme of Puri Jagannath Temple said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday.
While inaugurating a part of the ongoing redevelopment of the Cuttack Railway Station, under the Amrit Stations Scheme the Minister said, the station is undergoing a major transformation to become a modern transportation hub offering world-class amenities with an investment of Rs 303 crore.
The design of the new station building has been finalized keeping the Jagannath temple in mind, he said.
Highlighting the plethora of railway projects in Odisha Railway Minister said that a total of Rs 73,000 crore investment plans have been made for the development railway sector in the state which will be chalked out phase wise.
Speaking on the occasion, Vaishnaw said the Howrah–Chennai route will have four railway tracks to provide better services to the people of this region. The third track between Bhadrak in Odisha to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh has already been sanctioned with an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 crore and work will start soon, he said.
After the commissioning of new railway lanes, more trains can be introduced to important destinations from Odisha as per demand, he said.
The minister further said that the construction of a flyover on the Ghantikhal-Nidhipur road in Cuttack district has been approved. It will be built at a cost of Rs 96 crore as soon as possible.
Another railway flyover, which was a committed before the loacals, will also be constructed soon in the Athgarh area of the district at a cost of Rs 268 crore, the Minister added.
