"Due allocations have been made for our ongoing major projects like Khurda-Bolangir, where state government has committed to provide land free of cost and bear 50 per cent of the project cost," Patnaik told reporters here.
Stating that there was an overall increase of about 53 per cent in the budget outlay of Railway, Patnaik said "Odisha has also been correspondingly given an increase in allotment.
"Some of the traditionally neglected railway sections like Sambalpur-Titlagarh and Sambalpur-Talcher have been given due weightage," Patnaik said.
"Further, when there is a package for North East and Kashmir regions, no such special package has been given for our inaccessible and backward districts with zero railway network despite our commitment to provide land free of cost along with 50 per cent of project cost," Patnaik said.
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In some of the projects, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has made allocations more than the demand made by the state government. While the state government had asked Rs 150 crore for Sambalpur-Talcher (doubling-Third Line), Prabhu allocated Rs 194 crore for the 2015-16.
Odisha which last year got only Rs 1420 crore in the rail budget, this time (under NDA regime) could get Rs 3112.48 crore, claimed East Coast Railway General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi.
"While there is total plan outlay for East Coast Railway is Rs 1576.01 crore, an amount of Rs 1536.47 is meant toards extra budget resources," Vishnoi told reporters here.
Orisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan, however, said the provisions made in the Rail Budget was not enough for the state like Odisha.