New Railway Track Commissioning in Odisha Registers Over 3.5 Times Increase; 2,150 km Commissioned During 2014–25 as Against 267 km in 2009–14
New Railway Track Commissioning in Odisha Registers Over 3.5 Times Increase; 2,150 km Commissioned During 2014–25 as Against 267 km in 2009–14
Railway has taken up infrastructure upgradation in Odisha in a big way.
Railway Budget:
Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Odisha is as under:
Period
Outlay
2009-14
₹ 838 Cr./year
2025-26
₹ 10,599 Cr. (Nearly 13 times)
Track Construction:
The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Odisha during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:
Period
New Track Commissioned
Average Commissioning of new tracks per year
2009-14
267 Km
53 Km
2014-25
2,150 Km
195 Km
(More than 3.5 times)
Project Sanctioned:
As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (19 New Lines and 30 Doubling), of a total length of 4,010 Km, costing ₹ 67,496 crore, falling fully/partly in Odisha, are sanctioned, out of which 1,429 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹28,043 crore has been incurred upto March’ 2025. The summary is as under:-
Category
No of sanctioned Projects
Total Length
NL/GC/DL
(in Km)
Length Commissioned till Mar’25
(in Km)
Total Exp upto Mar’25
(₹ in Cr)
New Lines
19
1,544
256
6,270
Doubling/Multi-tracking
30
2,466
1,173
21,773
Total
49
4,010
1,429
28,043
Recently Completed Projects:
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Odisha are as under:
SN
Name of Project
Cost
(In Crores of ₹)
1
Daitari-Banspani New Line and Jakhapura-Haridaspur 3rd Line (179 Km)
1,317
2
Jharsuguda – Sardega New Line (50 Km)
1,598
3
Haridaspur-Paradeep New Line (82 Km)
2,397
4
Angul-Sukinda New Line (104 Km)
2,834
5
Champa-Jharsuguda 3rd Line (152 Km)
1,227
6
Sambalpur-Titlagarh Doubling (182 Km)
2,262
7
Rourkela-Jharsuguda 3rd Line (101 Km)
1,313
8
Banspani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura Doubling (164 Km)
1,827
9
Sambalpur-Talcher Doubling (174 Km)
1,539
10
Raipur – Titlagarh Doubling (203 Km)
1,171
11
Jharsuguda-Sardega Doubling (50 Km)
3,200
Ongoing Projects:
Further, some of the main projects falling fully/partly in Odisha which have been taken up are as under:
SN
Name of Project
Total Cost
(In Crores of ₹)
1
Junagarh-Nabarangpur New Line (116 Km)
2,865
2
Nabarangpur-JeyporeNew Line (41 Km)
748
3
Jeypore-Malkangiri New Line (130 Km)
2,344
4
Malkangiri – Pandurangapuram New Line (174 Km)
3,592
5
Buramara-Chakulia New Line (60 Km)
1,459
6
Gunupur-Therubali New Line (74 Km)
1,166
7
Puri – Konark New Line (32 Km)
492
8
Badampahar-Kendujhargarh New Line (82 Km)
1,876
9
Bangriposi-Gorumahisani New Line (86 Km)
2,269
10
Bargarh Road-Nawapara Road New Line (138 Km)
2,622
11
Vizianagram-Titlagarh 3rd Line (265 Km)
6,996
12
Jarapada- Budhapank 3rd& 4th Line with flyover at Talcher (101 Km)
810
13
Budhapank- Salegaon via Rajatgarh 3rd& 4th Line (170 Km)
2,023
14
Nergundi – Vizianagaram 3rd Line (385 Km)
4,963
15
Kottavalasa-Koraput Doubling (189 Km)
2,500
16
Koraput-Singapur Road Doubling (165 Km)
2,362
17
Jagdalpur-Koraput Doubling (107 Km)
1,547
18
Jharsuguda-Bilaspur 4th line (206 Km)
2,596
19
Bondamunda-Ranchi Doubling (159 Km)
3,029
20
Narayangarh-Bhadrak 3rd line (153 Km)
2,136
21
Bhadrak-Nergundi 3rd Line (92 Km)
1,284
The progress of some of the major projects is as under:
1. Khurda Road-Bolangir (301 Km) new line: The latest cost of the project is ₹5,089 crore. Expenditure of ₹4,311 crore has been incurred on this project upto March, 2025. An outlay of ₹1938 crore has also been provided in the financial year 2025-26. Status of project is as under:-
Status of Daspalla – Purunakatak (75 km) is as under:-
SN
Activity
Scope
Status
1
Tunnel
7 nos (11.96 Km)
6 nos completed (7.7 Km).Works taken up in balance 1 tunnel
2
Important Bridge
5
All completed
3
Station Building
5
Works have been taken up
2. Construction of 3rd and 4th line between Salegaon- Budhapank(85 Rkm): The work has been taken up. Status is as below:-
Sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors which include the following:
Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:
All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.
Presently, Bhubaneswar–Rayagada–Jeypore–Koraput sector is being served by the daily service of 18447/18448 Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express. Moreover, Koraput is connected to Kottavalasa by 03 pairs of train services while Kottavalasa is further connected to Bhubaneswar by 06 pairs of train services. These train services are listed below:
Trains serving Koraput-Kottavalasa sector:
SN
Train No & Name
1
18515/18516 Kirandul – Visakhapatnam Express
2
58501/58502 Kirandul – Visakhapatnam Passenger
3
58537/58538 Koraput – Visakhapatnam Passenger
Trains serving Kottavalasa- Bhubaneswar sector:
SN
Train No & Name
1
16107/16108 Tambaram – Santragachi Amrit Bharat Express
2
16597/16598 SMVT Bengaluru – Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express
3
16523/16524 SMVT Bengaluru – Balurghat Express
4
16223/16224 SMVT Bengaluru – Radhikapur Express
5
17015/17016 Secunderabad – Bhubaneswar Visakha Express
6
18045/18046 Charlapalli – Shalimar East Coast Express
This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.