Bhubaneswar: A total of Rs 5528 crores has been allocated to Odisha in the Union Budget 2021-22 for various railway projects.
In a tweet, Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday informed that the total budget allocation in 2021-22 is 560% more than the average of 2009-14, which was Rs 838 crores.
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Allocation of Railway Budget for Odisha for the year 2021-22, for building world-class rail infrastructure. #AatmanirbharBharatKaBudget pic.twitter.com/s8AmDX73Ag
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 3, 2021
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Projects costing Rs 61,949 crores covering 4,877 km falling fully or partly in the State are ongoing. They include conversion or doubling of 39 new lines or gauges.