New railway projects will change state scenery

DRM adressing in the  press meet

The survey work of the new proposed railway line between Talcher-Phulbani-Lanjigarh is presently under progress which will open a new avenue in the railway map of the state, once the project gets sanctioned by the railway department.  This was disclosed by the DRM of the Sambalpur division AV Shiva Prasad while he was talking with the media on Wednesday at Sambalpur. The DRM informed that this railway line will pass through Boudh and Phulbani districts which are not yet connected with rail. “With a distance of 230 km, the proposed railway line will be shortest route between South and central Orissa”, DRM Prasad said. According to him, the survey work of few other projects is under presently under progress which includes Junagarh-Amaguda (145km), Bolangir-Nuwapara (100 km) and Junagarh-Jaypore-Malkangir-Bhadrachalam (390 km).  “The scenery of the state will definitely change after the sanction of these railway projects”, DRM envisaged                                     

The DRM informed that the construction work of Rs. 700 crores estimated Khurda-Bolangir (289 Km) rail project is under speedy progress and is expected to complete with in two years. The department has sanctioned Rs.120 crores to be spent during 2010-11 financial year. The other two projects namely Lanjigarh-Junagarh and Lanjigarh-Bhawanipatna are also under speedy progress and latter one is expected to be commissioned by the end of this year.

The Divisional Railway manager (DRM) Prasad also informed that the doubling work of Sasan-Jharsuguda, Sambalpur-Talcher and Sambalpur-Titilagarh is under progress which is expected to be completed with in two years. “Running Frequency of trains will be increased once the doubling works is over”, he said.   The DRM added that the division has taken keen interest on the improvement of passengers’ amenity that is available in the division. He informed that the division has received 14.7% increase in originating passenger earning during first six month during 2010-11 financial year as compared to corresponding period of last year. However there is a decrease in originating freight earning this year as the rate of food grain, cement and Steel item was gone down.  In the press meet all senior officers including ADRM Jyotindra Digi were present.