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Proposed:S-W: Sambalpur-Gopalpur new line - Chitta - 07-26-2023
This line was sanctioned in the 2020-21 Rail budget. (See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xlpe1xM8jSC3-qLX4ExsuAdu2qmPdGra/edit#gid=450664064 )
ECOR shows the following 2023 map at https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1687867686424-ECo%20Rail%20Map%20A0_23%20Dist.pdf
To minimize new construction it piggybacks on Khurda-Balangir line and Angul-Sambalpur line. In the process it skips Phulbani and passes through only a small part of Kandhmal district. Ganjam district gets a lot benefit as it connects Asika and Bhanjanagar.
The following map from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BoK-2u32iU&ab_channel=Mirror shows it passing through Phulbani. It matches with the older 2022 ECOR map at https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1654685316679-ECoRail%20Map%20A4_22.pdf .
RE: Sambalpur-Gopalpur new line - Chitta - 01-06-2024
In https://odishabytes.com/ashwini-vaishnaw-inaugurates-one-section-of-historical-rail-line-connecting-coastal-western-odisha/ Rail Minsiter Vaishav says
Quote:Phulbani town will be included in the proposed railway connectivity from Gopalpur to Rairakhole under ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Corridor’. ... When I received the DPR from Odisha Rail Infrastructure Development Limited (ORIDL), I had immediately sent it back, asking the company to include Phulbani in it