Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, July 31:

The much-delayed Khurda-Bolangir railway project connecting the western Odisha district of Bolangir is inching towards completion with trial run being conducted till Bolagarh today.

railway track

The railway authorities today conducted a trial run between Rajsunakhala and Bolagarh after completion of the track, covering a distance of 13 km.

As part of the exercise, a railway engine was run on the track till Bolagarh. The distance between Rajsunakhala and Bolagarh Station is 12.8 km and the station will be inaugurated on the day of flagging of the passenger train.

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has set a deadline to complete the project till Nayagarh by March 2017. Though the ECoR had set a target to complete the track between Rajsunakhala and Bolagarh by June 2016, the work was completed a month behind schedule.

Last year in July, Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu had flagged off the first-ever train to run on the 32 km stretch of Khurda Road-Begunia section of the Khurda-Bolangir track at Begunia station.

Notably, the Khurda-Bolangir 289 km railway project was conceived in 1994-95.