Several railway projects, including new ones, worth about Rs 6,000 crore have been sanctioned for Odisha in the Union Budget 2019-20 presented in the Parliament recently.
A flyover at Baghuapal, grant for maintenance of coaches, Rs 180 crore for passenger amenities, two automatic coach washing plants for Bhubaneswar Coaching Depot, a new wheel lathe for Mancheswar Workshop, Angul Electric Loco Shed and Bondamunda are among the newly-announcedrailway projects the State has got.
Similarly, five new surveys have been granted for Odisha. They are Raja Athagarh to Kaipadar Road avoiding Bhubaneswar and Khurda Road, 10 flyovers at Titlagarh, Singapur Road, Haridaspur, Koraput, Sambalpur, Machhapur, Jajpur Road, Sambalpur City, Sarla and Gopalpur Port, Chord Line from Talcher to Angul through colliery to avoid engine reversal at Talcher (14 kms), bypass from Titlagarh-Rahenbata to Sikir and flyover at Cuttack for goods train to avoid congestion at Cuttack.
While Rs 250 crore has been sanctioned for the Angul-Sukinda Road (98.7 km) Newline, Rs 400 crore allocated for the Haridaspur-Paradeep (82km) Newline, Rs 250 crore for the Khurda Road-Bolangir (289 km) Newline, Rs 150 crore for the Talcher-Bimlagarh (154 km) Newline, Rs 70 crore for Jeypore-Malkangiri (130 KM), Rs 10 crore for the Jeypore-Nabarangpur(38 Km), Rs 10 lakh for Naupada –Gunupur-New Broad gauge line up to Theruvali (79.15 KM), Rs 10 lakh for the Talcher-Angul – New line with Y- connection at Talcher (14.475 km), Rs 1400 crore of estimated investment through EBR (Partnership) for Jharsuguda-Barapali, Rs 2.05 crore for Jharsuguda-Rengali (25.6 km) Doubling, Rs 8 crore for the Khurda-Barang-3rd line (35 km) Doubling, Rs 249 crore for Sambalpur-Talcher (174.11 km) Doubling, Rs 20 lakh for Delang-Puri (28.7 km) Doubling, Rs 170 crore for Sambalpur-Titilagarh (182.11 km) Doubling, Rs 85 crore for Banspani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura (180 km), Rs 6 crore for Brundamal-Jharsuguda-Fly over connection for joining down line (6.6 km), Rs 2 crore for Rajathgarh-Baranga (20 km) Doubling, Rs 86 crore for the Bhadrak-Nergundi-3rd line (80 km), Rs 350 crore for VZM-SBP 3rd Line, Rs 119.87 crore for Jharapada-Budapank (3rd and 4th Line), Rs 210 crore for Budapank-Salegaon (3rd and 4th Line),Rs 205 crore for Koraput-Singapore Road and Rs 7.07 crore allocated for KUR-VZM by pass.
Similarly, Rs 4.05 crore has been sanctioned augmentation of the Angul Electric Loco Shed, Rs 4.05 Maneswar Freight Train Maintenance facility and Rs 1 crore for the setting up of an Electric Engine Overhauling workshop in Kalahandi district.