Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday, 3rd February 2022 claimed that the budgetary allocation of ₹9723 crore for the development of railway infrastructure in 2022-23 in Odisha is the highest amount ever received by the state.
The minister said the allocations for Odisha in 2019-20 and 2020-21 were ₹4,568 crore and ₹5,296 crore respectively. “In 2021-22, the budgetary allocation was ₹5,921 crore and an additional allocation of ₹550 crore more was made during the revised estimate.
In the Budget, the Khurda Road-Bolangir project received ₹891 crore allocation while ₹475 crore was allocated for the Angul-Sukinda railway line. The Talcher-Bimlagarh railway line received allocation of ₹250 crore while the allocation for the Bansapani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhpura railway line increased to ₹300 crore. An amount of ₹172.5 crore has been provided for the Sambalpur-Talcher railway line.
“There will be no dearth of funds for the development of Railways in the state,” Vaishnaw said.
