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Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has sanctioned the Cuttack-Nergundi fourth line along with a rail flyover at Nergundi in Odisha at an estimated cost of Rs 802.9 crore, officials said on Friday.

This project aims to enhance the capacity and efficiency of train operations in the Howrah-Chennai mainline section and the Cuttack-Paradeep section, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said in a statement on Friday.

The Cuttack-Nergundi section (15.99 km) is part of the Howrah-Chennai High-Density Network (HDN). This corridor currently faces heavy congestion due to traffic from Paradeep Port intersecting the mainline at Cuttack. With no di...