Status of new railway line projects in Odisha; a projection to the future
Angul - Talcher - Sukinda (under constr.), Buramara - Chakulia, Haridaspur - Paradeep (under constr.), Jaleshwar-Digha, Khurda Rd - Balangir (under constr.), Lanjigarh Rd - Junagarh, Railway Budget 2008, Railway Budget 2009, Railway Budget 2010, Railway Budgets, RVNL, Talcher - Bimlagarh (under constr.), Tomka - Jaroli 8 Comments »New Lines | 2006- 07 | 2007- 08 | 2008- 09 |
2009- 10 |
2010- 11 | Spent until 2009- 10 | Remai ning |
Total |
Khurda- Balangir (289 kms) |
23 | 20 | 32.34 | 28.07 | 120 | 105.8 | 474.2 | 700 Cap |
Talcher- Bimlagarh (154 kms) |
10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 37.98 | 722.8 | 810.8 Cap |
Haridas pur- Paradip (82 kms) |
44 | 20 | 80 | 70 | 101 RVN |
21.9 Cap 171.61 RVN |
299.83 RVN |
21.9 Cap 572.4 RVN |
Angul- Sukinda Rd (98.7 kms) |
20 | 60 | 75 | 22.5 RVN |
20.88 Cap 13.5 RVN |
581.62 RVN |
20.88 Cap 617.6 RVN |
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Lanjigarh Rd – Junagarh (56 kms) |
19 | 12 | 35 | 30 | 60 | 169.31 | 0.69 | 170 cap |
Daitari – Bansa pani (155 kms) |
155.6 | 20 | 60 | 75 RVN |
367 cap 671.85 RVN |
186.56 RVN |
367 Cap 933.4 RVN |
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Jaleswar- Digha (41 kms) |
Did not exist | Did not exist | 20 (new) | Did not exist | 235.11 | 255.1 Cap | ||
with upgrad ation of Rupsa – Buramara (125 kms) |
under progress as an RVNL SPV. | 466.5 RVN | ||||||
Gunupur- Theruvali (79 kms) (Naupada – Gunupur 90 kms gauge conver sion is now complete) |
N-G 34 | N-G 25 |
Already surveyed. But listed as a soc. desirable project. Odsiha should push hard for this to be designa ted as a port conn. (to Gopalpur port) project and taken up via RVN SPV. |
Odisha govt. has also indicated to push this as a PPP project. | ||||
Total allocation on new lines (NL) and gauge conver sion (GC) |
Rupsa – B 15.9 Other – 4.1 Total – 325.6 crores |
Rupsa – B 35 other – 5 Total – 132 crores |
244.34 + 65 = 309.34 | 275.07+ 36.14 = 311.21 |
ECOR NL – 428.7 ECOR GC – 5 SER NL – 20 SER GC – 1 Total = 454.7 |
2004 – 199 crores
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New Lines | 2006 – 07 | 2007- 08 | 2008- 09 | 2009- 10 | 2010- 11 | Spent until 2009- 10 | Remain ing | Total |
(All numbers above are in Crores of Rupees. Cap means Capital expenditure and RVN means expenditure through Rail Vikas Nigam.)
2006 had a big allocation of 155.6 crores just for Daitari-Bansapani for its completion. With that done, in 2007 Lalu really screwed [pardon my language!] Odisha with respect to the new lines by having a total budget on new lines and gauge conversion of only 132 crores. (There may have been another 20 crores in that budget in the green book.) Things picked up a bit in 2008 and 2009 and finally now, it is at a decent state.
Now we must make sure that by next year there is approval of Buramra-Chakulia and increase in the allocation for all the other projects that are not completed or about to be completed. A sample projected budget (for new lines) that we should aim for the next seven years is as follows.
This Yr | Remai ning | 2011- 12 | 2012- 13 | 2013- 14 | 2014- 15 | 2015- 16 | 2016- 17 | 2017- 18 | |
Khurda – Balangir | 120 | 474.2 | 130 | 130 | 140 | 100 Done | Done | Done | Done |
Talcher – Bimlagarh | 50 | 722.8 | 100 | 120 | 130 | 140 | 150 | 100 Done | Done |
Haridaspur – Paradip | 101 | 300 | 100 | 100 | 100 Done | Done | Done | Done | Done |
Angul – Sukinda | 22.5 | 582 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 50 Done |
Daitari – Bansapani | 75 | 187 | 75 | 85 | 20 Done | Done | Done | Done | Done |
Jaleswar – Digha | NEW 20 | 235 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 80 Done | Done | Done |
Buramara – Chakulia | 0 | 467 | NEW 20 | 50 | 50 | 120 | 120 |
120 Done |
Done |
Gunupur – Theruvali | 0 | 450 (est) | 0 |
NEW 20 |
50 | 50 | 100 | 120 | 120 Done |
Other new lines: Puri Konark; Nabrangpur-Jeypore; Nabrangpur-Junagarh; Jeypore – Malkangiri; Malkangiri – Bhadrachal am |
Lanjigarh Junagarh 60 Done |
0 | 0 | NEW1 (1) 20 | NEW2 (1) 40 (2) 20 | NEW3 (1) 40 (2) 30 (3) 20 | NEW4 (1) 60 (2) 60 (3) 40 (4) 20 | NEW5 (1)140 (2)130 (3)120 (4) 90 (5) 20 | |
Total | 455 | 495 | 595 | 620 | 630 | 650 | 670 | 670 |
Other lines that are mentioned in the 2010-11 budget and to be pursued beyond are: Lanjigarh Rd – Phulbani – Talcher, Berhampur – Phulbani, etc.