Junagarh - Amaguda railway line

Note: Survey of Junagarh - Amaguda railway line has been completed. The following message about the stations around it may be ubderstood that this line may soon be taken for construction. Junagarh - Amaguda railway line is part of Lanjigarh road - Jungarh line which is being completed. Perhaps after completion of Lanjigarh road - Jungarh line its extension work till Amaguda will be carried out. However, it needs sufficient budget allotment. This year only 10 croe was alloted and hope next time 60 -100 crore is alloted for  Junagarh - Amaguda railway line. We had the knowledge that Lanjigarh road - Amaguda will not connect Jeyppore with Bhawanipatna and Nabaragpur directly, thats why our importance was for other survey line Kantabanji - Jeypore which would have passed through Nabarangpur and Jeypore. But once the decision was made by railway, it might be difficult to change. We think if Junagarh - Amaguda railway line will be constructed, then Kantabanji - Khariar - Ampani - Nabarangpur - Jeypore railway line may not be approved soon, other alternative surveyed Jeypore-Nabarangpur line might also suffer. Kantabanji - Jeypore line along with Jungarh - Rajim-Raipur (needs to be surveyed) could beenfit to link major towns in KBK region. Similarly, Lanjigarh road - Talcher is an imporant railway line to link state capital with Nuapada, Balangir (Titilagarh and Kantabaji regions), Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal and some parts of Rayagda, which might also reduce the distance for NLACO to link Damanjodi with Angul via Rayagda, Lanjigarh road by train.

The Samaja, April 21, 2011