Bhubaneswar: The Centre has allocated Rs 9734 crore in its Budget 2022-23 for railway infrastructure and safety-related projects in Odisha.
This year’s Budget allocation for Odisha, which is the highest so far, is Rs 2738.5 crore more than the last year’s allocation of Rs 6,995.58 crore. It includes state share and extra-budgetary resources (EBR) like loans.
The state government had sought Rs 7,600 crore from the Central Budget for this financial year for development of railway infrastructure.
Out of the total allocation for the state in the Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, Rs 5,063.01 crore has been proposed to be sanctioned to the East Coast Railway (ECoR).
The ECoR has been allocated Rs 1806.10 crore for laying new rail tracks and Rs 3643.86 crore for doubling the rail lines.
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