Railway budget, shifting of wagon factory

Odisha pins high hopes on Prabhu’s railway budget

February 24, 2016 Politics

BHUBANESWAR: With only a few hours to go before the Rail Budget 2016, Odisha is pinning high hopes on the railway budget to be presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in Parliament on Thursday.

After a generous allocation last year, while the political parties are awaiting the budget with bated breath, passengers are desperate for better infrastructure.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik and a delegation of House Committee of Odisha Assembly have already presented state’s demand before the Railway Ministry.

Notably, the House Committee had requested to allocate Rs 5576 crores for various projects of the state citing that Railway earns more than Rs 14,000 crores revenue from the state.

SUMMERY OF BUDGET DEMAND FOR DIFFERENT RAILWAY PROJECTS FOR YEAR 2016 – 17
Sl. No.	ITEMS	DEMAND (Rs in Crores)
A	ONGOING / SANCTIONED PROJECTS
1	KHURDA – BOLANGIR	300
2	TALCHER – BIMLAGARH	350
3	ANUGUL – SUKINDA	200
4	HARIDASPUR – PARADEEP	100
5	JALESWAR – DIGHA	100
	SUB – TOTAL	1050
B	NEW POJECTS
1	JEYPORE – NABRANGPUR	100
2	JEYPORE – MALKANGIRI – BHADRACHALAM	100
3	GUNUPUR – THERUVELLI – RAYGADA	50
4	KENDUJHAR – BADAMPAHAR	20
5	BARGARH – PADAMPUR – NUAPADA/ RAIPUR	50
6	BURHAMARA – CHAKULIA	20
7	PURI – KONARK	20
8	RAJATHGARH – TAPANG BYPASS	20
9	KHURDA JUNCTION BYPASS	20
	SUB – TOTAL	400
C	DOUBLING – THIRD LINE
1	SAMBALPUR – TALCHER	300
2	SAMBALPUR – TITLAGARH	400
3	TITLAGARH – RAIPUR	200
4	BANSAPANI – DAITARI – JAKHAPURA	500
5	ROURKELA – BIMLAGARH	100
6	SAMBALPUR – JHARSUGUDA	100
7	KORAPUT – SINGAPORE ROAD	50
8	BANSAPANI – JARULI – PADAPAHAD	20
9	RAJATHGARH – BARANG	20
10	BADBIL – BADJAMDA	10
11	NIRGUNDI – BHADRAK – BALASORE – KHARAGPUR 3rd LINE	200
12	ROURKELA – JHARSUGUDA 3rd LINE	100
13	ANUGUL – TALCHER – RAJATHGARH 3rd LINE	100
14	KHURDA – PALASA 3rd LINE	100
15	KHURDA – BARANG 3rd LINE	50
16	BRUNDAMAL – JHARSUGUDA FLYOVER	20
	SUB – TOTAL	2270
D	ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS
	VIZAINAGARAM – RAYGADA – TITLAGARH – RAIPUR	150
	JHARSUGUDA – SAMBALPUR – TITLAGARH	100
	SAMBALPUR – ANUGUL	75
	BANDAMUNDA – BIMLAGARH – BARSUAN	10
	SUB – TOTAL	335
E	TRAFFIC FACILITIES- DEVELOPMENT OF GOODS SHEDS
1	DEVELOPMENT OF GOODS SHEDS AT ROURKELA, BHADRAK, JHARSUGUDA, SAMBALPUR,BOLANGIR, TITLAGARH, KHARIAR, KESINGA, RAYAGADA, JEYPORE, KORAPUT, REIRAKHOL, ANGUL, DHENKANAL, NIRGUNDI, MANCHESWAR, KHURDA, JAGANATHPUR	150
2	DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMODAL LOGISTIC PARK AT KALINGA NAGAR, ANGUL, JHARSUGUDA, ROURKELA,CHAUDWAR	50
	SUB – TOTAL	200
F	WORKSHOP INCLUDING PRODUCTION UNIT.
	WAGON MANUFACTURING UNIT AT SITALAPALI, GANJAM	30
	SLEEPER MANUFACTURE IN KANTABANJHI	15
	WAGON MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP, KALAHANDI	20
	SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, KORAPUT	10
	MEMU MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT KHURDA	20
	SUB – TOTAL	95
G	ROAD SAFETY WORKS-ROAD OVER/ UNDER BRIDGES	100
H	PASSENGER AMENITIES
1	PASSENGER AMENITIES IN ALL STATIONS INCLUDING AUTOMATIC TICKETING, CIRCULATION AREA, PLATFORM SHELTERS, TOILETS ETC.	100
2	COACHING TERMINALS	50
3	DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STATION AT BHUBANESWAR NEW & CUTTACK	50
4	DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STATION AT PURI, BERHAMPUR, JAJPUR, ROURKELA ETC.	100
5	17 ADARSH STATIONS AND 8 MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES	50
	SUB – TOTAL	350
I	SPV FOR RAIL PROJECTS FOR COAL EVACUATION AND UMBRELLA SPV FOR GENERAL RAIL PROJECTS IN THE STATE	200

	GRAND TOTAL	5000