Survey for Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam railway line to be completed by June

Bhubaneswar : The survey work for the new Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam railway line project in Odisha is likely to be completed by June, officials said on Friday.
During his visit to Malkangiri district, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday reviewed the progress made on Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam rail line project with railway officials, and public representatives, in Malkangiri.
The 173.416 km long Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam rail line project was sanctioned by the Railway Board in September 2021 with an estimated cost of Rs 2,800 crore. This project will have 213 bridges including 48 major and 165 minor bridges, the officials said.
This proposed project will have stations at Malkangiri, Badali, Kowasiguda, Rajanguda, Maharajpalli and Lunimanguda in Odisha, and Kannapuram, Kutugata, Pallu, Nandigama, Bhadrachalam and Pandurangapuram in Telangana.
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After studying various aspects of this project, the alignment has been finalised. The survey works will be completed by June, 2022, they said.