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.