New Railway Track Commissioning in Odisha Registers Over 3.5 Times Increase; 2,150 km Commissioned During 2014–25 as Against 267 km in 2009–14

Ministry of Railways

Posted On: 13 MAR 2026 5:43PM by PIB Delhi

Railway has taken up infrastructure upgradation in Odisha in a big way.

Railway Budget:

Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Odisha is as under: 

Track Construction:

The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Odisha during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under: 

 Project Sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (19 New Lines and 30 Doubling), of a total length of 4,010 Km, costing ₹ 67,496 crore, falling fully/partly in Odisha, are sanctioned, out of which 1,429 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹28,043 crore has been incurred upto March’ 2025. The summary is as under:-

 Recently Completed Projects:

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Odisha are as under:

 Ongoing Projects:

Further, some of the main projects falling fully/partly in Odisha which have been taken up are as under: 

 The progress of some of the major projects is as under:

1. Khurda Road-Bolangir (301 Km) new line: The latest cost of the project is ₹5,089 crore. Expenditure of ₹4,311 crore has been incurred on this project upto March, 2025. An outlay of ₹1938 crore has also been provided in the financial year 2025-26. Status of project is as under:-

• Khurda Road – Daspalla (106 Km) : Commissioned
• Daspalla – Purunakatak (75 Km) : Works have been taken up.
• Purunakatak – Bolangir (120 Km) : Commissioned

Status of Daspalla – Purunakatak (75 km) is as under:- 

 2. Construction of 3^rd and 4^th line between Salegaon- Budhapank(85 Rkm): The work has been taken up. Status is as below:-

• Salegaon – Rajathgarh (23 Km) : Commissioned
• Rajathgarh – Dhenkanal (20 Km) : Land acquisition & forest land diversion completed. 4 major bridges completed. Balance work has been taken up.
• Dhenkanal – Meramundali (34 Km) : Commissioned
• Meramundali – Budhapank (8 Km) : Land acquisition & forest land diversion completed. 2major bridges and 2 stations completed. Balance work has been taken up.

 Sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors which include the following:

• Anticipated traffic projections and Remunerativeness of the proposed route
• First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
• Connection of missing links and providing additional route
• Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
• Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
• Railway’s operational requirements
• Socio-economic considerations
• Overall availability of funds

 Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

• Land acquisition
• Forest clearance
• Shifting of infringing utilities
• Statutory clearances from various authorities
• Geological and topographical conditions of area
• Law and order situation in the area of project site
• Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.

Presently, Bhubaneswar–Rayagada–Jeypore–Koraput sector is being served by the daily service of 18447/18448 Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express. Moreover, Koraput is connected to Kottavalasa by 03 pairs of train services while Kottavalasa is further connected to Bhubaneswar by 06 pairs of train services. These train services are listed below:

Trains serving Koraput-Kottavalasa sector:

 Trains serving Kottavalasa- Bhubaneswar sector:

This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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