The much-awaited Haridashpur-Paradip rail line would begin operation within 10 to 15 days, informed former Kendrapada MP BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda on Thursday.
In a video on the social media, Panda said, “Decades’ dream of Kendrapara people is going to be fulfilled very soon.”
He said goods trains would run on the rail route first and subsequently passenger trains would be introduced.
The 82.5-km-long rail line project, though sanctioned in 1996, was not started so far. While land acquisition for the Rs 2083.9-crore project was a problem, environment clearance was availed in October 2014 and finance provision made in Railway Budge in 2015.