See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_India  and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CF48TMP...PointHindi 

Looks like the second bullet train corridor is going to be Mumbai-Nagpur. Odisha should pursue  Nagpur-Raipur-Bhubaneswar-Puri bullet train corridor as well as access-controlled expressway.

Several news items on this on August 24th 2023:

See 

• https://www.constructionworld.in/transpo...rway/43587 
  
• https://swarajyamag.com/infrastructure/o...ay-project
  
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/busi...s?from=mdr
  

Quote:The Centre unveils an ambitious proposal for a Rs 120 billion inland waterway along the Brahmani river in Odisha. The objective is to facilitate the efficient movement of goods from four key industrial clusters to the ports of Paradip and Dhamra. The scheme envisions government-led infrastructure development using the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) model.

A collaborative special purpose vehicle (SPV) involving Coal India Limited (CIL), Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Paradip Port, and the Odisha government will spearhead the creation of the necessary infrastructure for operationalizing the National Waterway 5 (NW5). A senior government official affirmed that the concept has secured in-principle approval from the respective company boards.

In this thread we would discuss trains partly or fully traversing in this route.

The October 2023 TAAG is at https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboa...6,537,2960 .

As per https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/...18967.html Odisha enacts revision to its "Odisha Land Reforms Act 1960" and passed a new act "Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCTLAR&R)". Both these steps will make it easier to acquire land for purposes such as 

Quote:"project vital to national security or defence of India, public infrastructure like educational institution, health, electrification, irrigation project, drinking water project, government offices, affordable housing for poor, industrial corridor set up by the state government, infrastructure projects like highways, railways and industrial project displacing family less than 100 families or acquisition of private land of less than 500 acres." 

Following is an excerpt from https://odishabytes.com/odishas-fakir-mo...om-b-to-a/

Quote:The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has awarded the Fakir Mohan University (FMU) in Balasore an A’ grade in the second cycle of assessment. It has received 3.18 cumulative grade point average out of 4, which is so far the highest GPA received by a state public university under the higher education department.

Following is an excerpt from https://www.prameyanews.com/odisha-to-re...mebus-sewa 

Quote:Odisha will soon receive 350 electric buses as part of the 'PM-eBus Sewa' scheme to enhance green mobility. The e-buses will ply in four cities of the state in the first phase.

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According to the scheme, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Rourkela will get 100 e-buses as the populations of these cities are less than 10 lakh. Similarly, Berhampur city which has less than 5 lakh population will get 50 e-buses under the scheme.

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