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Pragati Platform | COVER STORY

PROJECT
PROJECT

Khurda-Balangir New Seawood-Belapur-Uran Line
Broad Gauge Rail Link Sanction PRAGATI Date

Sanction Work Started July 11, 1997 Feb 22, 2017
Mar 31, 1994 Mar 8, 2001 Cost Completion date

Length PRAGATI Date ₹2,980.41 crore Mar 11, 2023
301 km September 30, 2015, The Belapur-Uran Railway
January 22, 2020 Line is a strategically important Hurdles:
Target Completion Cost Benefits suburban rail infrastructure project Forest,
wildlife,
Dec 31, 2026 ₹5,089 crore designed to promote the planned environment
development of Navi Mumbai.
PROJECT
Benefits Boost to Regional trade and Hurdles: Forest Haridaspur-Paradip New Rail Line
distance between Bhubaneswar-
Clearance/Land
Balangir will be reduced.
Acquisition
lAll 7 tunnels on this rail line are completed. Sanction PRAGATI Date
Jan 1, 1997 August 29, 2018

PROJECT
Hurdles: Land acquisition and other issues
Agartala-Sabroom New Cost Completion date
Railway Line ₹11,186 crore July 31, 2020

Foundation stone PRAGATI Date
October 2008 June 24, 2015 A 40-km rail link from Paradip Port Reduced

Cost: Hurdles: Forest, Benefits rail travel distances, increased freight efficiency
by 25 to 30%, and added 20 to 25 additional
₹5138.51 crore wildlife, environment freight trains per day.

Work Started Inauguration
July 29, 2009 October 2019

Reduced transportation costs for essential
Benefits commodities like grain and fuel. This

ensured an uninterrupted supply to Tripura
markets and stabilised prices.

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