Odisha plans new railway corridors to boost coal despatch, economic growth

BHUBANESWAR: With Odisha strengthening the logistics infrastructure as part of its focus on port-led industrialisation, the state government is mulling development of new railway corridors in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode for driving economic growth in the hinterlands.

Official sources said a new rail corridor has been planned for Talcher coalfields at an estimated cost of `4,882 crore along with Gopalpur-Rayagada-Jeypore economic corridor, which will have both road and rail networks. Besides, separate port-based rail corridors are also being planned in different regions.