Orissa in the 2009-2010 Railway budget – direct mention in the budget speech
Railway Budget 2009 July 3rd. 2009, 8:11pmUpdate 2:In the Lok Sabha the Rail Minister Mamta Banerjee made some statements regarding Orissa. They are:
- Page 68: Added Dhenkanal to the list of Adarsh stations
- Page 68: Granted a multi-functional complex to Talcher
- Page 66: Mentioned that Orissa will have 7 new trains, 4 extensions and 2 increases in frequency. (It is not clear what is the second increase in frequency other than the Rajdhani.)
Update: Some of the news reports (Breaking newsonline, Dharitri) mention three other new trains for Orissa. They say that the Rail minister mentioned them in Lok Sabha although they are not part of the budget speech. Those trains are:
- Puri-Mumbai LTT Expresss via Sambalpur
- Puri -Surat Express via Sambalpur
- Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Express (daily)
It seems Mamtadi is fond of Puri.
- Among the 50 stations that are to be developed as world class stations there are two stations in Orissa:
- Bhubaneswar
- Puri
- Among the 375 stations for inclusion as Adarsh stations (with basic facilities such as drinking water, adequate toilets, catering services, waiting rooms and dormitories especially for lady passengers, better signage and other basicfacilities are universally available) there are the following stations in Orissa:
- Bolangir,
- Jajpur Keonjhar Road,
- Khurda Road,
- Koraput Jn,
- Rayagada,
- Titlagarh Jn
- Multi-functional Complexes in station premises for providing rail users facilities like shopping, food stalls and restaurants, book stalls, PCO/STD/ISD/Fax booths, medicine & variety stores, budget hotels, underground parking etc. It is proposed to take up development of these Multi-functional Complexes in different parts of the country at 50 railway stations serving places of pilgrimage, industry and tourist interest in this year. Responsibility for development of these facilities will be entrusted to IRCON and Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA). These will be in two stations in Orissa.
- Bansapani,
- Cuttack
- Ambulance services for passengers at 7 seven cities including in
- Bhubaneswar
- Medical colleges are planned to be established attached to existing railway hospitals through PPP, to give higher education facilities to new generation of railway children. The locations include:
- Bhubaneswar
- A new train service by the name Duronto with AC and non-AC sleeper will be introduced for non-stop point to point services between select cities throughout the country. This includes:
- Bhubaneswar – Delhi Non Stop (Weekly)
- New Trains:
- Howrah Bangalore Superfast (Weekly)
- Kamakhya Puri Express (Weekly)
- Koraput Rourkela Express (Daily) via Rayagada
- Extension of Trains
- 8425/8426 Raipur Bhubaneswar to Puri (Daily)
- 8413/8414 Paradeep Bhubaneswar to Puri (Daily)
- 8415/8416 Puri Kendujhargarh to Barbil (Daily)
- 2821/2822 Howrah-Bhubaneswar Dhauli Express to Puri (Daily)
- Increase in Frequency
- 2443/2444 New Delhi- Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express from 2 days to 4 days
- 250 km has been fixed for construction of new lines in 2009-2010
- Lanjigarh-Bhawanipatna of Lanjigarh-Junagarh
- During 2009-2010, a target of completion of gauge conversion of about 1300 km has been fixed. This includes
- Parlakimidi-Gunupur of Naupada-Gunupur
- Baripada-Bangriposi of Rupsa-Bangriposi
- Propose to process the following rail connectivity proposals
- Banspani-Bimalgarh-Barsuan
- Bolangir-Nawapara Road
- Digha-Jaleswar-Puri
- Dantewara-Malkangiri
- Sambalpur-Behrampur
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July 4th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Sir, again a very good post by you. Thanks for giving knowledge about growth of Orissa.
How much time this project will take for commissioning? Like extension of trains.
July 4th, 2009 at 2:32 am
This Railway Budget, similar to the earlier ones is a cruel joke on the people of South Orissa. I really don’t understand the treatment meted out to Berhampur (3rd Municipal Corporation of Orissa) by both state and central Govt at every opportunity. Every train that is extended from Bhubaneswar ends up at Puri as if Orissa ends there and beyond this place there is no Orissa down South. Presently all the delhi, Sambalpur-Rourkela and Howarh bound trians originate at Puri or BBSR. If one or two of these originate at Berhampur, how this will adversly affect other places? But, some people somewhere find this illogical for reasons known to them. Can’t do anything except learning to live with the reality and wait for our turn.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:52 am
A very informative piece of information indeed. I wonder what is the status of the balangir-khurda road rail project.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Govt of Orissa for all these years has asked for railway connectivity with different metros of India from Orissa ignoring poor railway connectivity inside the state. Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela are major cities of Orissa and yet they are not connected till now, when other states are talking about air connectivity. What a shame? We get a Train from Bhubaneswar or Puri we get satisfied but such small demands of the people are not being met year after year. This year a new train from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar has been announced and it won’t have been difficult if the same train was from Rourkela to Berhampur. So, many people of South Orissa would have been connected with western orissa. Till the year 2002 there was a regular train between Rourkela and Berhampur (Hirakhand). But, the Indian Railways instead of giving more trains, withdrew this train and no alternative arrangement has been made till now and the state Govt had hardly raised this issue. May be people of these two cities will have to wait for another decade to get a trian link.