Besides the new trains, extensions and increase in frequency, Orissa comes up in the Railway budget in the following places: (Note: The 2007-2008 budget with its pink book is also available.)

  • On new lines the allocations to Orissa (all in ECOR) are (Total 164.43 crores) – from the Pink Book
    • Koraput-Rayagada – 5 crores
    • Talcher – Sambalpur – 2 crores
    • Lanjigarh Rd – Junagarh – 35 crores (57 crore more needed to finish)
    • Khurda Rd – Balangir – 32.43 crores (580 crores more to finish)
    • Haridaspur-Paradip – 80 crores via RVN (401 crores more to finish)
    • Talcher – Bimlagarh – 10 crores (847 crores more to finish)
  • New Lines (Total 80 crores) – from the orange book
    • Daitari-Bansapani – 20 crores (69.2 crores more to finish) – ECOR
    • Angul – Sukinda Rd – 60 crores (251.12 crores more to finish) – ECOR
  • On gauge conversion (Total 50.41) – from the Pink Book
    • Naupada- Gunupur – 10.41 crores (14.7 crores more to finish) – ECOR
    • Rupsa – Bangiriposi – 40 crores (11.1 crores more to finish) – SER
  • Doubling (Total 288.25 crores) – from the Pink Book
    • Talcher-Cuttack-Paradeep (2nd bridge on Birupa and Mahanadi) – 3.25 crores (1.75 crores more to finish) – ECOR
    • Cuttack-Barang (12km) – 35 crores (51 crores more needed to finish) – ECOR
    • Khurda Barang 3rd line (35 km) – 125 crores (14.43 crores more  to finish) – ECOR
    • Rajathagarh-Barang (20 km) –  125 crores (18.33 crores more to finish) – ECOR
  • Doubling (total  350 crores ) – from the orange book
    • Titlagarh-Lanjigarh Rd – 7 crores (29 lakhs more to finish) – ECOR
    • Khurda Rd – Puri Phase 1 – 2 crores (2.79 crores more to finish)-ECOR
    • Sambalpur – Rengali – 2 crores (8.76 crores more needed)-ECOR
    • Jharsugurha – Rengali – 45 crores (26.41 crores more needed)-ECOR
    • Sambalpur – Titlagarh – 65 crores (399.25 crores needed)-ECOR
    • Raipur – Titlagarh – 65 crores (548.35 crores needed)-ECOR
    • Padapahar-Bansapani – 70 crores (26.58 crores needed) – SER
    • Barbil – Barjamada – 40 crores (5 crores needed) – SER
    • Bimlagarh – Dumitra – 50 crores (23.52 crores needed) – SER
    • Bansapani – Jaruli – 4 crores (72.22 crores needed) – SER

(Below, a slightly edited version of  a posting in IRFCA gives the difference between the Pink book, the Orange book and the green book used in earlier years.)

  • Green book lists the works sanctioned under SRSF(special railway safety fund). All these works are to be completed by 31.3.2008 .Therefore this year a green book was not published. Green book was prepared as a 5 yr plan in 2003 to renew overaged assets chargeable to the SRSF of Rs 17000 cr.
  • Orange book contains those works which are justified for enhancing the carrying capacity of Route (i.e., throughput enhancement work in railway terminology). It contains those gauge conversion, doubling & traffic facility works which are sanctioned for the enhancement of throughput. Railway gives higher priority to complete them.
  • Pink book is the main book of budget & contains all sanctioned (new as well as work in progress) works except those which are in the green or orange book.