PM Modi launches railway projects worth more than Rs 8,000 crore in Odisha

PM Modi launches railway projects worth more than Rs 8,000 crore in Odisha

Daily Current Affairs / PM Modi launches railway projects worth more than Rs 8,000 crore in Odisha

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Category : State Published on: May 20 2023

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation several railway projects worth more than Rs 8,000 crore in Odisha on May 18. The PM also flagged off the Vande Bharat Express between Puri and Howrah.
The train will cover a distance of 500 km and will pass through Khordha, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts of Odisha and Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur districts of West Bengal.
PM Modi also dedicated 100% electrification of the rail network in Odisha. This will reduce operating and maintenance costs and reduce reliance on imported crude oil.
He dedicated the doubling of Sambalpur-Titlagarh rail line, a new broad gauge rail line between Angul-Sukinda, the third line connecting Manoharpur-Rourkela-Jharsuguda-Jamga and a new broad-gauge line between Bichupali-Jhartarbha.Oth

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