Railway budget, shifting of wagon factory

Odisha pins high hopes on Prabhu’s railway budget


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