Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Balangir leaders expect Rs400 cr for railway line TUESDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2013 21:18


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TUESDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2013 21:18
SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR
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The much-expected yet long-neglected Khurda-Balangir railway line project, which has been moving at a snail’s pace thanks to paucity of funds, should receive an allocation of Rs400 crore in the new Railway Budget. This is the expectation of people cutting across party lines here.
“We expect an allocation of Rs 400 crore for the railway line this time and work should start from the Balangir side. Besides this, a rail wagon manufacturing factory should be set up at Kantabanji,” said Balangir BJD MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo speaking to The Pioneer over phone.
The Khurda-Balangir railway line project was approved in as far back as in 1993 at a cost of Rs 289 crore, but the project cost has, meanwhile, risen to more than Rs 700 crore.
The same feeling about an accelerated implementation of the project was echoed by president of the Citizens’ Committee, Balangir Dr LK Mahapatra. “We expect an allocation of Rs 400 crore for the project, besides the construction work being undertaken from the Balangir side,” he said.
Railway Users’ Committee president Nilamani Mishra, while holding the same view, said, “The Deputy General Manager of the East Coast Railway has informed us they have submitted a proposal to the Railway Board Chairman to start work from the Balangir side.
Kosal Kranti Dal president Pramod Mishra observed that the project has been languishing for apathy, improper representation of the issue by political representatives. “We demand a budgetary allocation of Rs 400 crore besides the project’s completion within three years,” he said.

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