Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday sought budgetary provision for Khurda Road by-pass line, a project the State Government has been harping on to meet the Nabakalebar rush in 2015.
Naveen, who shot off a letter to Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, said the East Coast Railway (ECoR) had submitted a proposal for the by-pass line, estimated at `16.87 crore, which has not been approved by the Centre yet.
A large number of trains will operate to Puri to facilitate the movement of the passengers during Nabakalebar in July 2015. Unless a by-pass line avoiding Khurda Road junction is constructed, it will be difficult to manage running of extra trains, the Chief Minister said. The by-pass line covers 1.3 km.
While requesting the Railway Ministry to give importance to the project, Naveen also drew the attention of the Centre to the completion of Delang-Puri line doubling work.
This stretch, a part of Khurda-Puri section, needs to be completed before Nabakalebar.
Naveen also reiterated the need for wagon manufacturing unit (WMU) at Ganjam’s Sitapalli and a wagon maintenance workshop (WMW) in Kalahandi. “The Centre had announced to set up the WMU in 2010-11, but no visible action has been taken for its implementation even though the State Government has already offered suitable land measuring 101 acre free of cost,” the letter said.
Similarly, a proposal for the WMW in Kalahandi and a skill development centre in Koraput were announced in the Railway budget 2013-14, but the Ministry has taken no tangible steps to implement the projects, the CM added.
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