Railway track- Golden Triangle of Bhunaneswar-Puri-Konark

Railway track- Golden Triangle of Bhunaneswar-Puri-Konark  

Railway track from Bhubaneswar to Konark

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO  2372

ANSWERED ON  04.08.2017

Railway track from Bhubaneswar to Konark

2372       Shri Dilip Kumar Tirkey

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to satate :-

(a)          whether it is a fact that Government of Odisha has sent a proposal to the Ministry for laying down a railway track from Bhubaneswar to Konark on equal cost sharing basis; and

(b)          if so, the decision that has been taken by the Ministry in this regard?

ANSWER               

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)&(b): A proposal has been received from the Chief Minister of Odisha conveying Government of Odisha’s decision to bear 50% cost of the project for laying of new line from Puri to Konark (32.6 km) considering the tourism potential of Golden Triangle of Bhunaneswar-Puri-Konark. However, since land required for the project has not been offered by the State Government, Government of Odisha has been requested to provide land free of cost for which no reply has been received from the State Government.