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Ministry of Railways sanctioned New BG line between Jeypore & Navarangpur in Odisha

| | Jul 04, 2017, at 11:53 pm
New Delhi, July 4 (IBNS): As per the announcement of Budget 2016-17, the Ministry of Railways on Tuesday said it has sanctioned New BG line between Jeypore & Navarangpur in Odisha.

The length of the new BG line is 38 Kms.

The cost of the project is 747.91 Crores. The project will be completed in 3 years.

The project shall be implemented on Cost-sharing basis (50% by Ministry of Railways under GBS and 50% by State Govt. of Odisha), read a government statement.

The Project is important for connecting Navarangpur District of Western Odisha, with Jeypore, an existing Station on Kottavalasa- Kirandul line.

This line will provide connectivity to important towns viz. Koraput, Jeypore, Jagdalpur, Dantewada. Further, the line is useful for connecting Navarangpur to Junagarh/Kalahandi District and result in short lead to many other places of Odisha, Chhattisgarh & Andhra Pradesh.

Further, the state government of Odisha will be bearing entire cost of land and 50%  of the construction cost of the project.

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