Transportation  

Third rail track to Titlagarh gets central approval

With a view to synergize nation’s  industrial areas, the centre  approved the project of a third railway line from Titlagarh in Odisha to Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh under the East Coast Railway (ECoR).The 264.6 km rail line project entailing a cost of  Rs 2,335.68 crore, has a five-year time frame. Serving as an alternative route to the overstrained Kharagpur-Jharsuguda section, Howrah-Mumbai Grand Trunk route and Howrah-Chennai section main line, it will reduce the traffic congestion of these routes. Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha and Vizianagaram and Babbili districts of Andhra Pradesh will gain from this project