Some long-distance trains used to stop earlier at Ganjam station but for different reasons, especially during the Covid, the stoppages were cancelled. Trains like the Tirupati-Puri and the Bhubanesear-Jagadalpur had stoppages at Ganjam station but they are no longer halting now.
A rail-roko dharana was held earlier at the Ganjam station for stoppage of trains like the East Coast and Rajyarani Express. But it is highly unfortunate that the Railway authority did not listen to the demand and cancelled the stoppage of the two trains at Ganjam.
Ganjam Senior Citizens Council secretary Gauri Sankar Padhi recently has shot off a letter to Railway Minister Aswini Vaishnaw, describing the problems of the people of the district due to the cancellation of the halting of trains in Ganjam and urged him to consider lifting the cancellation order. Meanwhile, the locals are planning for a rail rook agitation in the coming days if the demand is not heard of by the Railways.
