Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday wrote to the Centre to make necessary budgetary provision and give top priority to construction of a bypass line avoiding Khurda Road junction.
He also expressed concern over the “tardy” progress of the proposed wagon manufacturing unit (WMU) at Sitalapalli in Ganjam, Patnaik wrote separate letters to Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge.
He urged the Railway Minister for speedy approval of the proposal for construction of a bypass line of 1.3 km costing `16.87 crore which has been submitted by the East Coast Railway for facilitating mass movement of passengers during the Nabakalebar festival of lord Jagannath in July 2015.
He also drew attention of the Railway Minister for expeditious completion of the Delang-Puri doubling work in the Khurda-Puri section well before the Nabakalebar.
He also said no progress has been made also on proposals for setting up of a WMU in Kalahandi and Skill Development Centre at Koraput though these projects were announced in the Railway Budget 2013-14.”