Parliament Question: Additional budgetary support for railway infrastructure projects in Odisha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2510 ANSWERED ON 13.03.2026 ADDITIONAL BUDGETARY SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN ODISHA 2510 SHRI NIRANJAN BISHI: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether Government proposes to allocate additional budgetary support for railway infrastructure projects in Odisha in the financial year 2026–27; and (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) and (b): Railway Budget: Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Odisha is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹ 838 Cr./year 2025-26 ₹ 10,599 Cr. (Nearly 13 times) Track Construction: The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Odisha during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under: Period New Track Commissioned Average Commissioning of new tracks per year 2009-14 267 Km 53 Km 2014-25 2,150 Km 195 Km (More than 3.5 times) Project Sanctioned: As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (19 New Lines and 30 Doubling), of a total length of 4,010 Km, costing ₹ 67,496 crore, falling fully/partly in Odisha, are sanctioned, out of which 1,429 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹28,043 crore has been incurred upto March’ 2025. The summary is as under:- .…2/- §-2- Length No of Total Length Total Exp upto Commissioned till Category sanctioned NL/GC/DL Mar'25 Mar'25 Projects (in Km) (₹ in Cr) (in Km) New Lines 19 1,544 256 6,270 Doubling/Multi- 30 2,466 1,173 21,773 tracking Total 49 4,010 1,429 28,043 Recently Completed Projects: Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Odisha are as under: S. No. Name of Project Cost (In Crores of ₹) Daitari-Banspani New Line and Jakhapura-Haridaspur 3rd Line 1 1,317 (179 Km) 2 MCL siding from Jharsuguda - Sardega New Line (53 Km) 1,598 3 Haridaspur-Paradeep New Line (82 Km) 2,397 4 Angul-Sukinda New Line (104 Km) 2,834 5 Champa-Jharsuguda 3rd Line (152 Km) 1,227 6 Sambalpur-Titlagarh Doubling (182 Km) 2,262 7 Rourkela-Jharsuguda 3rd Line (101 Km) 1,313 8 Banspani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura Doubling (164 Km) 1,827 9 Sambalpur-Talcher Doubling (174 Km) 1,539 10 Raipur - Titlagarh Doubling (203 Km) 1,171 11 Jharsuguda-Sardega Doubling (50 Km) 3,200 Ongoing Projects: Further, some of the main projects falling fully/partly in Odisha which have been taken up are as under: S.No. Name of Project Total Cost (In Crores of ₹) 1 Junagarh-Nabarangpur New Line (116 Km) 2,865 2 Nabarangpur-Jeypore New Line (41 Km) 748 3 Jeypore-Malkangiri New Line (130 Km) 2,344 4 Malkangiri – Pandurangapuram New Line (174 Km) 3,592 5 Buramara-Chakulia New Line (60 Km) 1,459 6 Gunupur-Therubali New Line (74 Km) 1,166 7 Puri - Konark New Line (32 Km) 492 8 Badampahar-Kendujhargarh New Line (82 Km) 1,876 9 Bangriposi-Gorumahisani New Line (86 Km) 2,269 10 Bargarh Road-Nawapara Road New Line (138 Km) 2,622 11 Vizianagram-Titlagarh 3rd Line (265 Km) 6,996 ….3/- §-3- S.No. Name of Project Total Cost (In Crores of ₹) 12 Jarapada- Budhapank 3rd & 4th Line with flyover at Talcher (101 810 Km) 13 Budhapank- Salegaon via Rajatgarh 3rd & 4th Line (170 Km) 2,023 14 Nergundi - Vizianagaram 3rd Line (385 Km) 4,963 15 Kottavalasa-Koraput Doubling (189 Km) 2,500 16 Koraput-Singapur Road Doubling (165 Km) 2,362 17 Jagdalpur-Koraput Doubling (107 Km) 1,547 18 Jharsuguda-Bilaspur 4th line (206 Km) 2,596 19 Bondamunda-Ranchi Doubling (159 Km) 3,029 20 Narayangarh-Bhadrak 3rd line (153 Km) 2,136 21 Bhadrak-Nergundi 3rd Line (92 Km) 1,284 Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:  Land acquisition  Forest clearance  Shifting of infringing utilities  Statutory clearances from various authorities  Geological and topographical conditions of area  Law and order situation in the area of project site  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc. All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s. ***** §