As per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPISDzr...imodalNews
- Trains will be extended to Daspalla in 3-4 days (Jan 6th 2024). [106 kms from Khurda Rd end]
- By March 2024 seventy five (73) kms more (Sonepur-Purunakataka) will be commissioned. [108 from Balangir end]
- The rest (75 kms) between Purunakataka and Daspalla is the part for which Forest clearance was received in 2023 and the expectation is that it will take three years and will be completed in 2026. This part has many tunnels.