Nabarangpur:
The much-awaited Jeypore-Nabarangpur, Jeypore-Malkangiri railway project is expected to gain memento on October 10th as the state government will sign a MoU with the railway ministry said Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi.
To ensure rail connectivity to the tribal districts, the state government had announced to bear 50% and 25% of the construction cost of the Jeypore-Nabarangpur and Jeypore-Malkangiri lines respectively.
It will provide land for free for the Jeypore-Nabarangpur project said Commerce and Transport Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi. The sources said the ministry and the state government will have equity participation
of 49% and 51% respectively in the joint venture (JV)
Here it may note that the new BJD MP of Nabarangpur Er.Balabhadra Majhi, who was an engineer with Indian Railways, had made the issue his poll plank during campaigning for the General Elections. The two backward tribal dominated and Naxal-hit districts will get place in railway map.
