JARAIKELA

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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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REGULATION OF TRAINS DUE TO TRAFFIC-CUM-POWER BLOCK

Kolkata, 20^th February, 2019:

Due to 6 hours 30 minutes Traffic-cum-Power Block for launching of Limited Height Subways between Posoita-Monoharpur and Jaraikela-Bhalulata in Chakradharpur Division o­n 22.2.19, the following trains will be regulated:-

SHORT TERMINATION / SHORT ORIGINATION OF TRAINS

• 58112 Itwari-Tatanagar Passenger leaving Itwari o­n 20.2.19 will be short terminated at Rourkela o­n 21.2.19. Therefore, the service between Rourkela-Tatanagar will remain cancelled.

·58111 Tatanagar-Itwari Passenger leaving Tatanagar o­n 22.2.19 will be short originated from Rourkela. Therefore, the service between Tatanagar-Rourkela will remain cancelled.

RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS

• 12262 Howrah-CSMT(Mumbai) Duronto Express will be rescheduled to leave Howrah at 09.40 hrs. instead of 08.20 hrs. o­n 22.02.2019.

·12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Ispat Express will be rescheduled to leave Howrah at 09.10 hrs. instead of 06.55 hrs. o­n 22.02.2019.

DIVERSION OF TRAIN

·18477 Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express leaving Puri o­n 21.2.19 will be diverted via Cuttack-Angul-Jharsuguda Road-Bilaspur instead of Cuttack-Jajpur-Keonjhar Road-Bhadrak-Tatanagar-Jharsuguda. The service of this train will remain cancelled between Jajpur-Keonjhar Road-Jharsuguda.

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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR

ONGOING 3^rd& 4^th LINE PROJECTS OF SER

Kolkata, 4^th February, 2019:

South Eastern Railway has taken major initiative to augment line capacity by constructing 3^rd and 4^th lines for seamless movement of trains. To increase the section capacity, construction of 3^rd and 4^thlines over the key area between Santragachi and Jharsuguda (a span of 507 km) has taken a good speed. The 4^th line between Tikiapara and Santragachi has already been completed along with Panskura-Kharagpur 3^rd line in the recent past.

Kharagpur-Adityapur 3^rd Line (132 KM) was sanctioned in the year 2015-16. The work is being executed by RVNL (Rail Vikas Nigam Limited). To bring pace in this work, encroachment has been removed at Jhargram, Ghatsila and Tatanagar areas with the active support of State Government. In the budget of 2019-20, a sum of Rs.224 crore has been sanctioned for the work.

The portion between Tatanagar-Rourkela is of 163 KM. The 3^rd line work has been completed from Adityapur to Rjakharswan (37.6 KM).

Rajkharswan-Chakradharpur (20 KM) 3^rdline work was sanctioned in the year 2012-13 is in final stage and in this Budget, Rs.15 crore has beenallotted for this project. The 3^rd line projects of Chakradharpur-Goilkera (34 KM) and Monoharpur-Bondamnuda (30 KM) are under construction which were sanctioned in the year 2015-16 and 2012-13 respectively. Out of which, Sonua to Jaraikela (52 KM) has already been commissioned recently which includes 3^rd line project of Goilkera-Monoharpur. In this budget (2019-20), Chakradharpur-Goilkera and Monoharpur-Bondamunda 3^rd line works have been allotted with Rs.90 crore in total.

The 4^th line work between Bondamunda-Rourkela (9.3 KM) has been sanctioned in the year 2016-17 is under rapid progress. In the budget of 2019-20, a sum of Rs.20 crore has been sanctioned for the work.

The major augmentation project o­n the Mumbai Trunk Route isRourkela-Jharsuguda 3^rdline (101 KM) which has been sanctioned in the year 2015-16. In the budget of 2019-20, a sum of Rs.150 crore has been allotted for the work.

Apart from the above trunk route 3^rd line projects, doubling work has also been sanctioned between Bondamunda- Ranchi (Hatia) which is of 166 KM. A sum of Rs.190 crore has been sanctioned in the budget of 2019-20 for the work. In addition, the Rajkharswan-Dangoaposi 3^rd line (75 KM) is also in completion stage which will help to move freight trains from iron ore mines to the steel plants with minimum detention also fetched Rs.14 crore in the budget of 2019-20.

Kharagpur Station is the major junction point to connect Howrah-Mumbai Trunk Route with East Coast line. The span of 178.5 KM from Kharagpur to Bhadrak is under S E Railway’s jurisdiction. Hijli-Narayangarh (20 KM) is already commissioned and the remaining portion of this project is under progress. In the budget of 2019-20 a sum of Rs.20 crore has been sanctioned for the 3^rd line project of Kharagpur-Narayangarh.

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