Newdelhi:20/5/23: The central government has approved Bargarh-Nuapada new railway line of 142 km. The Ministry of Railways has issued a notification regarding the new rail project.
Similarly, Talcher-Angul project has also been approved. The 16.50 km rail line will be under Y-connection. The Ministry will start the next process to take forward the project.
Odisha Government had earlier written to the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw regarding Nuapada-Bargarh railway line during Padampur by-election. The matter was a talk of the town that time as BJD and BJP engaged in arguments over the new project.
Odisha Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu had written a letter to Vaishnaw during Padampur bypoll and requested him to reconsider the 142 km new broad-gauge rail line from Bargarh Road to Nuapada Road via Padampur, which was announced in 2018.
She, in the letter to Vaishnaw had urged him to sanction the Bargarh-Nuapada new railway line as it would boost economic activities in the region.