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ANGULSUKINDA RAIL LINE OPENED FOR GOODS TRAFFIC
from Issue 29
THE 92.825 km Broad Gauge Single Electrified Railway Line section Station in Angul District and Baghuapala Station near Sukinda in rda Road Railway Division of East Coast Railway has received of goods traffic. General Manager Shri Manoj Sharma has congratulated & RVNL for this accomplishment.
The Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) Committee nominated ager comprising of Chief Safety Officer (CSO), Chief Track Engineer cal Distribution Engineer (CEDE) & Chief Signalling Engineer Chief Project Manager (CPM-II) of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) Headquarters and Khurda Road Division inspected the newly between Budhapank and Baghuapal Stations covering a length Road Division of East Coast Railway on February 21 2023 and Report on February 23 2023.
Earlier, Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS) had inspected Budhapank Station Yards and advised for modification of Station yards which with all safety angles to run goods train.
Based on the compliance to SAG Inspection Report and after uments/Certificates; the General Manager under the powers delegated has sanctioned for opening of the newly built BG Electrified Single section between Budhapankh in Jajpur District under Khuauthorisation for operation congratulated the team of ASRL nominated by ECoR General ManEngineer (CTE), Chief Electri(CSE) of ECoR along with (RVNL) and other officers of constructed BG single line length of 92.82 km in Khurda submitted their Inspection
Budhapank and Baghuapal which has now been complied after perusal of various Docdelegated by Railway Board Single Line Section for GOODS
TRAFFIC up to a maximum permissible speed of 65kmph, subject to the observance of all the permanent and temporary speed restrictions in force or those, which may be imposed from time to time.
Angul-Sukinda Railway Ltd. (ASRL), a SPV has been incorporated on February 20 2009 by Ministry of Railways through Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) for construction and maintenance of broad gauge single railway Line between Budhapank Station (Angul) and Baghuapala Station (Sukinda). This new rail-line provides a direct link between iron-ore rich areas of Odisha (Joda-Barbil) to steel and sponge iron industries in Angul region. It will also provide a shorter and congestion free alternative route between coal mining belt of Talcher to coal based thermal power plant in Kalinganagar Industrial areas. This will also be in close proximity to the Steel Plants in Angul region, NALCO and a cluster of Industries located in Kalinganagar areas of Odisha. Dispatch of finished products of steel plants from Kalinganagar complex to destinations in Mumbai and Delhi via Talcher-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda will also be shorter and cheaper via the new alignment as compared with the route via Kharagpur.
The project is being funded through Public Private Partnership (PPP) model as envisaged in the Concession Agreement signed between the Ministry of Railways and ASRL on May 14 2010. The funding pattern for this project was through equity-participation from Stake-Holders and debt raised from market.
