Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), South Eastern Circle, Kolkata inspected the 16.80-km long rail line between Haridaspur and Byree stations on Thursday. This section is a part of East Coast Railway’s (ECoR) Bhadrak-Nergundi third Line project.
Construction of this project has been completed and will be commissioned after clearance from Commissioner of Railway Safety. Train services will be allowed just after getting clearance from CRS for train traffic.
Commissioner of Railway Safety inspected all the safety related works thoroughly between Haridaspur and Byree Stations. A light engine was also run between the two stations to measure the feasibility of rail line for train traffic.
Over 60 per cent of construction works of this project have been completed. The target for completion of Bhadrak–Nergundi third line work has been set at FY24 for the remaining 83.69 km. The latest anticipated cost of the project is 1284.39 crore.
Bhadrak–Nergundi 3rd Line (92.19 Km) project was included in 2012-13 and the final Sanction was given in Oct’2015. Works between Jakhapura and Haridaspur, a stretch of 23.53KMs was completed in April 2016.
The section from Kapilas Road to Salegaon, a stretch of 4.3 km was commissioned on May 2019, Kapilas Road -Nergundi (4.2 km) was commissioned on October 2022.
Bhadrak-Nergundi third line commissioning will de-congest train operations in Howrah-Chennai Main Line.
