This line was sanctioned in the 2020-21 Rail budget. (See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...=450664064 )
ECOR shows the following 2023 map at https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov...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.
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The following map from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BoK-2u3...nel=Mirror shows it passing through Phulbani. It matches with the older 2022 ECOR map at https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov...0A4_22.pdf .
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ECOR shows the following 2023 map at https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov...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-2u3...nel=Mirror shows it passing through Phulbani. It matches with the older 2022 ECOR map at https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov...0A4_22.pdf .