Quote:In a statement, Union Minister Pradhan said the Ministry of Railways has given the go-ahead nod for conducting a Final Location Survey (FLS) for the preparation of DPR for the proposed 160-km long Barkote-Jharsuguda rail line. On completion, the new rail line will connect industry-rich Jharsuguda with Barkote in the Deogarh district.

Quote:Bhubaneswar: For the first time, the Union Government has sanctioned the highest number of railway station development projects for Odisha, said Union Minister for Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw here. 

Work has been started at the land of Lord Jagnnath for making the Puri railway station a world-class station while work for Bhubaneswar city is also started meanwhile, he said.

Similarly, the railway stations at Sambalpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Bhadrak, Rayagada, Berhampur, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Balasore, Dhenkanal, Angul, Talcher, Paradip, Balugaon, Mancheswar, Jeypore, Paralakhemundi, Titlagarh, Bolangir, Kesinga, Bargarh, Kantabanji, Bhawanipatna, Jharsuguda Road, Redhakhole, Baripada, Jaleswar, Barbil, Rairangpur, Jharsuguda Jn and Brajarajnagar will also be redeveloped as world-class station, said the Railway Minister.

... The sanctioned new railway line projects are–Jeypore-Nabarangpur, Jeypore- Malkangiri, Raipur-Jharsuguda, Sambalpur-Gopalpur, Koraput-Jagdalpur, Rourkela-Jharsuguda, Junagarh-Nabarangpur, Rourkela-Bondamunda, Muramura- Chakulia and Banspani-Barbil. New projects have been sanctioned for all most districts of the State, he pointed out.