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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
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
Jaleswar- Digha (41 kms)			Did not exist	Did not exist	20 (new)	Did not exist	235.11	255.1 Cap
Buramara – Chakulia 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
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.

The link http://www.rvnl.org/project/project_desc.php?id=74 has the following.

*NAME OF THE PROJECT– BURAMARA – CHAKULIA – NEW LINE WITH UPGRADING OF RUPSA – BURAMARA***

Plan Head	NEW LINE	PIU	CPM KOLKATA
Rly.	SOUTH EASTERN	Executing Agency	RVNL
State	ORISSA	Funding Source	SPV
Length (Kms)	125.00	Status	Under Development Stage.
GQ/PC	PC	Anticipated Cost (Cr.)	466.48

This is the latest addition to the list of RVNL projects. (15 of 60 projects in that list involve Orissa.) It is listed as a port connectivity (PC) project. Among the various proposed ports in that area, Dhamra port is closest to be operational. This link will shorten Rupsa-Chakulia distance from 167 kms to 125 kms. More importantly it will bypass the busy Kharagpur junction and provide an alternative path to Tatanagar. It will also provide a bypass of the area that sometimes gets flooded by the Subarnarekha river.

The following map illustrates the area. (Thanks to Samit for permitting to use this map fragment from his book.)

The following is from SER’s Kharagpur division map.

The complete list of 15 Orissa related projects listed at http://www.rvnl.org/project/project.php are:

(11) KHARAGPUR (NIMPURA) – BHUBANESWAR (GQ electrification – completed)
(12) BHUBANESWAR – KOTTAVALASA ELECT (GQ electrification – completed)
(14) TALCHAR-CUTTACK-PARADEEP DOUBLING WITH 2ND BRIDGE ON RIVERS BIRUPA AND MAHANADI (GQ doubling completed)
(15) DAITARI – BANSPANI NEW LINE (Port connectivity completed)
(19) ANGUL – SUKINDA NEW LINE (Post connectivity – under development)
(20) JAKHPURA- HARIDASPUR 3RD LINE DOUBLING (Port connectivity – recently sanctioned)
(26) RAJATGARH – BARANG DOUBLING (GQ – work in progress)
(27) CUTTACK – BARANG DOUBLING (GQ – work in progress)
(28) KHURDA ROAD – BARANG 3RD LINE DOUBLING (GQ – work in progress)
(44) HARIDASPUR – PARADEEP NEW LINE (Port connectivity – work in progress)
(53) TOMKA -BANASPANI – RE (Port connectivity, electrification, recently sanctioned)
(54) SAMBALPUR – TITLAGARH – DOUBLING (Port connectivity, recently sanctioned)
(55) RAIPUR – TITLAGARH – DOUBLING (Port connectivity, recently sanctioned)
(60) BANASPANI – JAKHPURA – DOUBLING (Port connectivity, electrification, unsanctioned)
(63) BURAMARA – CHAKULIA – NEW LINE WITH UPGRADING OF RUPSA – BURAMARA (port connectivity, new line, under development)

With the Gopalpur port getting ready, RVNL should be soon taking up the Gunupur-Theruvali line.

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