Quote:Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday inaugurated the 18 km stretch of Gopinathpur Nilgiri-Balasore passenger railway line and flagged off a newly introduced MEMU train.
... Speaking of the railway projects in Odisha, Vaishnaw said the Jaleswar-Chandaneswar rail route survey work has been completed and it will be extended up to Digha in West Bengal very soon.
An official of S E Rly said, three pairs of MEMU passenger specials will run on a daily basis between Gopinathpur Nilgiri-Balasore from January 14. The trains will have total eight coaches - two motor coaches and six trailer coaches.
The old railway track was built in 1909 by the British during the beginning of 19th century. It was meant to ferry granite stones and forest products from Niligiri area to Kolkata via Balasore. Later, the railway line was abandoned and became almost defunct.
Posted by: Chitta - 01-14-2024, 03:54 AM - Forum: Balasore
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As per https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/ash...id/1993546 Rail Minister "Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates Gopinathpur Nilgiri-Balasore railway line, and flags off MEMU train". The location of this 16 km line is shown below.
The Odisha government should facilitate development around this line (may be even make also a road parallel to it) and make this line as the first metro line corridor of this area with stops every 2-3 kms.
Translating sentences from the above article we have the following details.
* On November 21, 2023 when the honorable President visited this area she had talked about these lines and the rail Minister Mr. Vaishnav also also talked about them.
* Buramara-Chakulia (59.96 kms; estimated cost 1459.13 crores: This route will have 2 old stations and 5 new stations. In Odisha they will be Buramara junction, Jharpokharia, New Jamshola, and in Jharkhand they will be Bahadagoda, Baroi, Purunapani, and Chakulia. This route will be done in 5 years.
* Bangiriposi-Gorumahisani (85.6 kms; est. cost 2269.49 crores): This route will have 2 old stations and 6 new stations. They will be Bangiriposi, Chandbil, Charabandh, Bisoi, Banki, Padmara, New Rairangpur, and Gorumahisani.This route will be done in 5 years.
* Badampahar-Keonjhar (82.06 kms; est. cost 1875.72 crores): This route will have 2 old stations and 6 new stations. They will be Badampahara, Kalasabandh, Tangabila, Singda, Ghosada, Chemana, Kharatangra, and Kendujhargarh.This route will be done in 5 years.
Quote:JSW Steel Ltd on January 5 said that its subsidiary, JSW Utkal Steel Ltd, has received possession of 2677.80 acres of forest land in Rajnagar, Odisha for setting up a greenfield Integrated Steel Plant. This follows the environmental clearance received in 2022 and re-validated in 2023. The non-forest land of 272.51 acres has also been leased.
