Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed allocation of Rs 9,734 crore to the East Coast Railway while presenting the Union Budget for 2022-2023 fiscal on February 1 in the Parliament.
The budgetary allocation of Rs 9,734 crore is only for railway infrastructure and safety related projects. Other charges like staff, welfare, workshop, M&P, training, HRD, store suspense has not been included in the figure.
While Rs 1806.10 crore allocation has been proposed for new lines, budgetary allocation of Rs 3643.86 crore has been proposed for doubling.
Rs 456.14 crore has been proposed for Track renewal and Rs 396.98 crore for ROB and RUB.
Allocation for work sanctioned for infrastructure projects in SER and SECR falling in Odisha State has been proposed at Rs 1287 crore and for safety related works the proposal has been at Rs 31.04 crore.
The 289-km-long Khurda Road-Bolangir received a proposal for allocation of extra budgetary resources of Rs 655 crore for 2022-23. The project received extra budgetary resources of Rs 424.3 crore in Budget 2021-22.
Deposit of Rs 475 crore proposed for Angul-Sukinda Road (98.7 km), deposit of 85 crore Haridaspur-Paradeep (82 km) were proposed in the Budget 2022-23.
Talcher-Bimlagarh (154 km): Capital of Rs 250 crore in 2022-23 as against Rs 113.1 crore capital sanctioned in 2021-22.
Jeypore – Malkangiri (130 km) – deposit proposed Rs 2.8 crore
Jeypore – Nawarangpur (38 km) – deposit proposed Rs 35 crore
Nuapada-Gunupur – New broad gauge line up to Theruvali (79.15 km) – capital Rs 10 crore in 2022-23 Rs 0.2 crore in 2021-22
Talcher-Angul – New line with Y-connection at Talcher (14.475 km) – extra budgetary allocation Rs 11,000
Sambalpur-Gopalpur via Phulbani (241 km) – Capital Rs 1,000
New lines: deposit 833.91 crore and EBR (IF) Rs 655 crore have been proposed in the Budget 2022-23.
Here’s the proposal in the Railway Budget for doubling work:
Khurda-Barang – 3rd line (35 km) – Capital Rs 64 crore and EBR Rs 100 crore
Rajatgarh-Barang (20 km) – EBR Rs 1,000
Jharsuguda-Rengali (25.6 km) – EBR Rs 0.15 crore
Sambalpur-Titlagarh (182 km) – Capital Rs 79.5 crore, EBR Rs 20.03 crore
Brundamal – Jharsuguda – Fly-over connection for joining down line (6.6 km) – EBR Rs 20 crore
Banspani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura (180 km) – Capital Rs 170 crore EBR Rs 130 crore
Delang-Puri (28.7 km) – Capital Rs 1,000
Sambalpur-Talcher (174.11 km) – Capital Rs 70 crore EBR Rs 102.5 crore
Bhadrak-Nergundi – 3rd line (80 km) – Capital Rs 102 crore EBR Rs 249 crore
Jagdalpur-Koraput (110.22 km) – Capital Rs 105 crore EBR Rs 143.75 crore
Vizianagaram-Sambalpur(Titlagarh) – 3rd line (264.60 km) – Capital Rs 350 crore EBR Rs 611 crore
Jarapaada-Budhapank with flyover at Talcher Road – 3rd & 4th line (47 and 44 km) – Capital Rs 370 crore EBR Rs 47 crore
Budhapank-Salegaon via Rajatgarh – 3rd & 4th line (85 85 km) – Capital Rs 265 crore EBR Rs 245 crore
Bhadrak-Vizianagaram – 3rd line in balance section (525 km) – EBR Rs 1 crore
Kottavalasa-Koraput (189.278 km) – Capital Rs 100 crore EBR Rs 248 crore
Koraput-Singapur Road (164.56 km) – EBR Rs 200 crore
Khurda Road, Vizianagaram(Argul-Haripurgram) – Bypass (PH 1.616 km) – Rs 2.14 crore
Baghuapal-Fly-over (20 km) – EBR Rs 15 crore
For the ECoR, the Railway Budget proposed Capital Rs 1861.14 crore Deposit Rs 227.5 crore EBR Rs 2148.41 crore for doubling work.
