Union Budget 2020: Odisha Gets Rs 4373 Cr Outlay For Railway Projects
Bhubaneswar: The Union Budget 2020-21 has allocated Rs 4373 crore for the railway sector in Odisha, registering a decrease of Rs 1560 crore from the last year’s outlay, a railway official said on Wednesday.
Last year, the total outlay for Odisha was Rs 5993 crore including NTPC’s ₹1400-crore investment.
The Centre has proposed an outlay of Rs 5865 crore for East Coast Railway in the Budget 2020-21.
The Budget 2020-21 has sanctioned 241-km-long Sambalpur-Gopalpur new line via Phulbani with an estimated cost of Rs 2957 crore, subject to the approval of Niti Ayog.
Ms Kalinga
budgets give the new allocation for various projects such as new rail lines, doubling of lines & various on going projects. in the state of odisha. If they mentioned the actual expenditure against the allocated fund of last year it will give the actual information of capital expenditure made or money not utilised. mere allocation gives only one side story of railway activities it will only be factual if they also inform the actual utilisation of fund agaist allocation.
more raillines be constructed both in coastal & western odisha for example : 1. Kenrapara road to Salepur- Nishtakoili. 2. Jajpur Road to Jajpur- Aridi. 3. Baranga to Jagatsinghpur. 4. Baleswar to Chandipur sea shore. 5. Boinda to Athamalik 6. Rerakhol to sonepur 7. Berhampur/ chatrapur to Taratarini temple 8. Rayagada to Parala khemandi etc.
Also Tata Nagar to be connected to Barbil/Keonjhor to Kalinga Nagar.