Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam Rail Line Project Survey To Be Completed By June 2022

Anupama Dash April 22, 2022

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Bhubaneswar, April 22: The survey work for the Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam Rail Line Project will be completed by June 2022.

The 173.416 km. long Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam Rail Line Project was sanctioned by the Railway Board on September 9, 2021, with an approximate estimated cost of Rs. 2800 crores.

The project will have 213 bridges including 48 Major and 165 Minor bridges.

The proposed project will have Stations at Malkangiri, Badali, Kowasiguda, Rajanguda, Maharajpalli and Lunimanguda in Odisha and Kannapuram, Kutugata, Pallu, Nandigama Bhadrachalam and Pandurangapuram in Telangana.

East Coast Railway (ECoR) sources said the estimated cost for conducting the survey (FLS) is Rs. 307.64 lakh which was sanctioned in January 2022 and the contract awarded on February 27, 2022, for Rs. 231 lakh.

After studying various aspects of this project, the alignment has been finalized and by June 2022, the survey works will be completed, ECoR sources said.

This was revealed during the review of the project by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during his visit to Malkangiri on Friday. The Union Minister discussed the Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam Rail Line Project with railway officials, and public representatives at Malkangiri.