The Odisha Government would sign memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Ministry of Railways for construction of new railway lines between Jeypore and Nabarangpur and Jeypore and Malkangiri within a week or two, according to State Commerce and Transport Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi here.
“Within a week or two, we will be signing MoUs for construction of railway lines between Jeypore and Nabarangpur and Jeypore and Malkangiri,” Majhi informed.
For the Jeypore-Nabarangpur railway line, the State Government would provide 50 per cent of the total project cost apart from providing land free of cost. For the Jeypore-Malkangiri railway line project, the State Government would provide 25 per cent of the total project cost,” he told reporters after a review meeting of his department at the State Secretariat.