Rail Budget: Odisha Gets Rs 2738 Cr More Than Last Year; Know Allocations For New & Double Lines

OB Bureau

February 2, 2022 11:07 pm

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.

The highest allocation of Rs 891.55 crore has been made for 289-km Khurda Road-Balangir rail line. The allocations for other new rail lines are as follow:

Rs 475 crore for Angul-Sukinda
Rs 85 crore Haridarpur-Paradip
Rs 250 crore for Talcher-Bimalagarh
Rs 13.8 crore for Jeypore-Malkangiri
Rs 81 crore for Jeypore-Nabarangpur
Rs 10 crore for Naupada-Gunpur-Therubali
Rs 164 crore for Khurda-Baranga third line
Rs 79.5 crore for Sambalpur-Titlagarh
Rs 300 crore for Bansapani-Daitari-Tamaka-Jakhapura
Rs 172.5 crore for Sambalpur-Talcher

Major allocations for laying double rail line on different routes in Odisha are as follow:

Khurda-Barang (35-km 3rd line) Capital Rs 64 crore, EBR Rs 100 crore

Jharsuguda-Rengali (25.6 km) EBR Rs 0.15 crore
Sambalpur-Titlagarh (182 km) Capital Rs 79.5 crore, EBR Rs 20.03 crore
Brundamal-Jharsuguda EBR Rs 20 crore
Banspani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura (180 km) Capital Rs 170 crore, EBR Rs 130 crore
Sambalpur-Talcher (174.11 km) Capital Rs 70 crore, EBR Rs 102.5 crore
Bhadrak-Nergundi (3rd line 80 km) Capital Rs 102 crore, EBR Rs 249 crore
Jagdalpur-Koraput (110.22 km) Capital Rs 105 crore, EBR Rs 143.75 crore
Vizianagaram-Sambalpur (Titlagarh) 3rd line (264.60 km) Capital Rs 350 crore, EBR Rs 611 crore
Jarapaada-Budhapank 3rd & 4th line Capital Rs 370 crore, EBR Rs 47 crore
Budhapank-Salegaon via Rajatgarh 3rd & 4th lineCapital Rs 265 crore, EBR Rs 245 crore
Bhadrak-Vizianagaram 3rd line EBR Rs 1 crore
Kottavalasa-Koraput (189.27 km) Capital Rs 100 crore, EBR Rs 248 crore
Koraput-Singapur Road (164.56 km) EBR Rs 200 crore
Khurda Road, Vizianagaram Rs 2.14 crore