Proposed:S-W: Sambalpur-Gopalpur new line

[Chitta]

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.





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 . 

[Chitta]

In https://odishabytes.com/ashwini-vaishnaw...rn-odisha/ Rail Minsiter Vaishav says 

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