The Commissioner, Railway Safety (CRS) will inspect the newly-laid 12-km-long broad gauge line from Nayagarh town to the Mahipur railway station of the ongoing 289-km-long Khurda Road-Balangir rail line project on July 25.
Construction of work between Nayagarh town and Mahipur section has already been completed and will be opened for traffic after it is declared fit for running of trains from the CRS. For early completion and expediting the construction work of the project, the Railways has constructed this line from both the ends, i.e. from Khurda Road and Balangir side.
The ECoR has already completed and commissioned about 80km of rail line of the project, i.e. 65.455 km from Khurda Road to Nayagarh town and 14.580 km from Balangir to Bichhupalli. Now, 11.925 km of rail line from Nayagarh town to Mahipur has already been completed and waits for commissioning for traffic after clearance from the CRS. Altogether, 92 km of rail line of Khurda Road-Balangir on-going rail line project has been completed.
Notably, the rail line from Khurda Road to Begunia has been commissioned on July 16, 2015; Begunia to Rajsunakhala on November 3, 2015; Rajsunakhala to Bolagarh Road on March 20, 2017; Bolagarh Road to Nayagarh town on June 19, 2017 and from Balangir to Bichhupalli on January 15, 2019. As a whole, Rs 956 crore has been spent till now for construction work of the important project.
The EcoR has appealed to the general public of the nearby areas between Nayagarh town and Mahipur that trial runs of engine have already been started and they must remain alert and stay away from track and also keep their cattle/other animals away from the vicinity of track to prevent any untoward incident/mishap.