Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: 57 railway stations to be upgraded in Odisha, Check list

Bhubaneswar: A total of 57 railway stations in Odisha have been identified for upgradation and modernisation under the Indian Railways’ Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, informed East Coast Railway in a release.

Under the scheme, the selected railway stations under East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone will be developed with improved amenities for passengers.

The railway stations included Angul, Badampahar, Balangir, Balasore, Balugaon, Barbil, Bargarh Road, Baripada, Barpali, Belpahar, Betnoti, Bhadrak, Bhawanipatna, Bhubaneswar, Bimlagarh, Brahmapur, Brajrajnagar, Chatrapur, Cuttack, Damanjodi, Dhenkanal, Gunupur, Harishanker Road, Hirakud, Jajpur-Keonjhar road, Jaleswar, Jaroli, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Jharsuguda Road, Kantabanji, Kendujhargarh, Kesinga, Khariar Road, Khurda road, Koraput, Lingaraj Temple Road, Mancheswar, Meramandali, Muniguda, New Bhubaneswar, Panposh, Paradeep, Parlakhemundi, Puri, Raghunathpur, Rairakhol, Rairangpur, Rajgangpur, Rayagada, Rourkela, Sakhi Gopal, Sambalpur, Sambalpur city, Talcher, Talcher Road, and Titlagarh Jn.

In the first phase, 25 railway stations have been selected for redevelopment under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, a release from ECoR said on Tuesday.

The stations are Sakhigopal, Mancheswar, Dhenkanal, Chhatrapur, Angul, Palasa, Meramandali, Balugaon, Lingaraj Temple Road, Talcher Road, Khurda Road, Kantabanji, Bargarh Road, Hirakud, Rairakhol, Barpali, Muniguda, Balangir, Harisankar Road, Mahasamund, Bhawanipatna, Khariar Road, Vizianagaram, Duvvada and Damanjodi.

Of 25 railway stations, 11 railway stations (Sakhigopal, Mancheswar, Dhenkanal, Chantrapur, Angul, Palasa, Meramandali, Balugaon, Lingaraj Temple Road, Talcher Road, Khurda Road) will be upgradeded under the scheme in Khurda Road division, another 11 railway stations (Kantabanji, Bargarh Road, Hirakud, Rairakhol, Barpali, Muniguda, Balangir, Harisankar Road, Mahasamund, Bhawanipatna, Khariar Road) will get a facelift in Sambalpur division and three railway stations (Vizianagaram Junction, Duvvada, Damanjodi) will be developed in Waltair railway division of ECoR.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 500 stations, including these 25 under ECoR, under Amrit Bharat Scheme via video conference.

Work for different infrastructural projects is going on in warfooting basis and some have been completed, recently. Altogether, Rs 547.7 crore will be spent for redevelopment of above 25 railway stations under ECoR. The Station wise expenditure are mentioned below.