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Gifts to Odisha Nation

Inaugurated and laid the foundation stone

for railway projects worth Rs 8,000 crore.

n Launch of the Vande Bharat Express between Puri n 100% electrified rail network in Odisha dedicated to
and Howrah. The train will pass through Kharkha, the nation
Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak, and Balasore districts of n Doubling of the Sambalpur-Titlagarh rail line, a new
Odisha, and West Medinipur and East Medinipur broad gauge rail line between Angul and Sukinda
districts of West Bengal. n Third line connecting Manoharpur-Rourkela-
n The foundation stone for the redevelopment of Puri Jharsuguda-Jamma and the opening of a new broad
and Cuttack railway stations was laid. gauge line between Bachupali and Jhartarbha.

years preceding 2014, only 20 km of railway
A balanced development of the states line was laid in this state each year, whereas
of India is equally necessary for the in 2022–23, 120 km of railway line was laid in
rapid development of India. Today, it just one year. Odisha is one of the few states
is the endeavour of the country that no in the country where all railway lines have been
state should lag behind in the race for electrified. The mineral-rich state of Odisha
development due to a lack of resources. will greatly benefit from rail electrification,
which will significantly reduce pollution from
diesel locomotives. In the programme, Prime
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Minister Modi stated that when infrastructure
is developed, people develop at a rapid pace.
The rail projects that have begun or whose
with Howrah. The Sabka Saath and Sabka foundation stones have been laid today
Vikas policies are helping states that were will hasten development in Odisha, West
lagging behind in development. In the ten Bengal, and throughout the country.
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