BERHAMPUR:
Almost four years after the ministry of railways announced construction of a
wagon factory in Ganjam district's Sitalapalli, about 20 km from here, the
project is yet to kick off. Former railway minister Mamata Banerjee had announced
the factory at Sitalapalli in her budget speech in 2011-12. Since then, it has
been repeated every year in budget speeches made by subsequent ministers. The
project was to be implemented in public-private partnership (PPP) mode and the
ministry had sought around 100 acre land for it. The district administration
earmarked around 101 acre after a joint verification by East Coast Railway and
district administration. After that, there has been no progress in the project.
On many occasions, chief minister Naveen Patnaik and Rajya Sabha member
Renubala Pradhan have urged the railway ministry to expedite the project but in
vain. "Besides writing to the ministry every year before the budget, I
have discussed the matter with former railway ministersDinesh Trivedi and Pawan
Kumar Bansal. They have done nothing except keeping the projectalive by
allocating some money to it," Pradhan said. "The chief minister has
taken up the matter with the Centre. We hope it may see the light of day before
the coming general elections," she added.
Source: ToI
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