Commissioner, Railway Safety (CRS), South Eastern Circle (Kolkata) AK Rai will visit East Coast Railway jurisdiction from December 22 to 24. During his visit, Rai will inspect Talcher-Sunakhani Railway Section of Talcher-Bimalagarh New Rail Line, doubling work between Jujumura and Charmal and doubling work between Deogaon and Sainthala along senior officials.
Notably, the 20-km rail line between the Talcher and Sunakhani railway stations in the ongoing new rail line between Talcher and Bimalagarh has been completed and will be functional after thorough inspection by the CRS. Rai will inspect the newly constructed rail line on December 22 with speed trial from Sunakhani to Talcher.
The 149 km long new rail line is being constructed at a cost of Rs 1,928 crore which passes through Angul, Deogarh and Sundargarh districts. This will reduce the distance from Bhubaneswar to Rourkela by more than 100 km. Now the distance between Bhubaneswar and Rourkela via Sambalpur by rail is about 462 km.
The CRS will also inspect the doubling line between Jujumura and Charmal on December 23 and doubling work between Deogaon and Sainthala Railway Station the next day.
