Senior BJP leader and former State Assembly Deputy Speaker
Rama Chandra Panda met Railway Board Secretary HK Gagi in New
Delhi and demanded immediate restoration and renovation of the
Brahmapur railway station platforms which have been severely damaged by cyclone
Phailin.
Panda said Brahmapur is a heritage city with four lakh
population and is the commercial and educational hub of the entire south Odisha,
but it is quite unfortunate that the Railways has not restored the damaged
roofs of the platforms even three months after the Phailin.
Panda also demanded introduction of a new express intercity
train between Gunupur and Bhubaneswar for economic upliftment of tribal areas
as currently there is only one passenger train running from Puri to Gunupur
which takes 10 to 12 hours to cover a distance of 250 km and does not serve the
purpose of the people. If introduced, the new train would be helpful for the
people of Gunupur and Paralakhemundi which are mostly tribals-dominated areas, Panda
added. Source: The Pioneer
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