Railways

East Coast Railway is planning construction of 130 km Jeypore-Malkangiri new railway line in Odisha. Ministry of Railways has signed an MoU with the Government of Odisha in October 2016 for cost sharing of Jeypore-Malkangiri new railway line construction project. Government of Odisha has agreed to partly bear 25% of total cost of the project. The total route km of the proposed new line is 130 km connecting district headquarters of Koraput and Malkangiri. Out of 130 km of this route, 45 km falls in dist. Koraput and 85 km in dist. Malkangiri. The alignment passes through 12 stations including three passenger halts at Tanginiguda, Govindapalli & Maithili. The line is proposed with overhead electrification, standard-III interlocking, Multi Aspect Color Light Signaling (MACLS) and Optic fiber communication. Construction of new line involves about 4,00 lakh cum of earth work in formation, 98 bridges (22 major, 61 minor & 15 RUBs). Level crossings have been eliminated by proposing all road crossings with limited height subways (7 Nos.), ROBs (15 Nos.) and RUBs. There are four nos. of tunnels comprising a total length of 2600 m approximately at location of very deep cuttings. DPR is under preparation. [Info as of: Oct. `16]

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