The East Coast Railway (ECoR) to commemorate the completion of tenth year of its foundation day began a two-day painting exhibition at the railway guesthouse here on Sunday. A dozen of noted painters from Odisha and Visakhapatana are participating in a painting workshop. They displayed their creations on the theme of railway in the last decade.
Addressing the media, ECoR Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Rabinarayan Mahapatra said the railway network in the State during the past decade has improved a lot and the process of further development is on. Special attention is being given to Puri keeping in view the Nabakalebar rituals of lord Jagannath in 2015.
Painters like Siba Panigrahi, President of State laitkala Academy, Baladeb Maharatha, Gouranga Barik, Manasranjan Jena, Gouriprasad Rout, Narayan Jena, Chandrasekhar Sethy, Chakradhar Behera, Rabinarayan Rath, B Narayan Rao, Chandramani Biswal, K Ravi and PSH Rao Acharya are participating in the event.
ECoR Chief Safety Officer Binayak Prasad Swain said the paintings would be exhibited at several rail stations under the ECoR before being placed in the Railway Heritage Hall in Bhubaneswar.