The railway services have been neglected in the mines and industrial coal-rich Jharsuguda district. The Railways is getting 30 per cent of its total revenue of Odisha from the Brajrajnagar Assembly constituency.
But, no development is there in the area proportionately, said Brajrajnagar MLA Kishore Kumar Mohanty in his five- point demand before Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.MLA Mohanty discussed the issue with the Railway Minister here on Monday about development of Brajrajnagar and Belpahar railway station and also gave different proposals for improvement in rail services.
Although many special trains resumed after Corona times, no stoppage is given at these two stations for trains like Amritsar-Visakhapatnam -Hirakud Express, Puri-Amritsar Utkal Express, Howrah- Ahmedabad Express and Kurla-Bhubaneswar LTT Express, he said.
The border district of Odisha has been deprived of rail services while stoppages of many express trains given to many stations in between Bilaspur and Raigarh of Chhattisgarh State, MLA Mohanty told.
This is negligence of the Railways administration to Odisha, he said and requested the Minister to resume train stoppages in the two stations.
Likewise, he gave proposals for construction of rail overbridge at LC-267 of Belpahar in Howrah Mumbai rail track, platforms and overbridge at Brajrajnagar and Belpahar stations with foot overbridge, renovation of waiting rooms with electric and water supply arrangements, construction of additional foot overbridge,
stoppage of South Bihar Express at Belpahar station, extension of Raigarh-Durg Jansatabdi Express and Raigarh Bilaspur passenger train upto Jharsuguda with stoppage at Belpahar and Brajrajnagar stations.
Nand Kishore Agarwal, Gopal Sitani, Jayant Dikshit, Shyam Satpathy, Sambhu Mohanty and Radhanath Pradhan accompanied the MLA while submitting the memorandum to the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.