Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan refutes Odisha’s claim of low railway allocations Union Minister claims that allocations have gone up from Rs 838 crore in 2009-2014 period to Rs 4,126 crore in 2014-19 Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: Even as the state government rejected the East Coast Railway’s (ECoR) claim of increased allocation for Odisha in the 2021-22 Railway budget, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan stated that Narendra Modi government has all along been cooperative towards railway infrastructure development in Odisha. Referring to Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera’s allegation that allocation in the budget has been far less than expectation, Pradhan said, “Some people have been saying something without having facts.”