Union Ministry of Railways has sanctioned New Broad Guage (BG) line between Jeypore & Navarangpur in Odisha having length of 38 kms which will also connect to parts of Chhattisgarh region, a Ministry Press release informed on Tuesday.
The cost of the project is Rs 747.91 crore and will be completed in three years. The project will be implemented on Cost-sharing basis (50 per cent by Ministry of Railways under GBS and 50 per cent by Government of Odisha).
The project is important for connecting Navarangpur District of Western Odisha, with Jeypore, an existing station on Kottavalasa-Kirandul line. This line will provide connectivity to important towns viz. Koraput, Jeypore, Jagdalpur and Dantewada. Further, the line is useful for connecting Navarangpur to Junagarh/Kalahandi district and result in short lead to many other places of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, it informed. The Odisha Government will be bearing entire cost of land and 50 per cent of the construction cost of the project.