Seven ROBs to come up on Bhadrak-Berhampur railway route

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Engineering Projects (India) Limited (EPIL) for construction of seven road overbridges (ROBs) between Dhanmandal station in Jajpur district and Berhampur station in Ganjam district under the Khurda Road division.
The EPIL, a public-sector enterprise under the Union ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises, will execute the project at an estimated cost of Rs 303.36 crore.The work on the ROBs has been assigned to the firm by the Railway Board. The EPIL will be paid management fee at 3.64 per cent over the project cost.
The ECoR is abolishing level-crossing gates by constructing ROBs, road underbridges (RUBs) and limited height subways (LHS). This is aimed at enhancing the safety of train operations and facilitating hassle-free movement of both rail and road traffic.
The MoU was signed on Tuesday between EPIL executive director Biswajit Biswas and ECoR chief engineer (road safety works) Brijesh Kumar Mishra in the presence of ECoR principal chief engineer Narottam Singh Uikey.
The first ROB will be constructed between Gopalpur Balikuda and Barang stations, the second between Dhanmandal and Byree stations, the third between Khurda Road and Kaipadar Road, the fourth between Ganjam and Chatrapur stations, the fifth between Chatrapur and Jagannathapur and the last two between Jagannathpur and Berhampur stations.
With the signing of the agreement, 13 ROBs in ECoR will be executed on a model formulated by the Railway Board. On November 17, the ECoR had inked MoU with government PSU Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) for construction of six ROBs between Ranital and Jenapur stations under Khurda Road division at a cost of Rs 436.87 crore.