Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday dedicated various passenger amenities at the Sambalpur railway station on Friday.
Pradhan dedicated the improved front façade and circulating area of Sambalpur station. He also dedicated escalators with ramp facility and a food plaza and a mechanized laundry facility at the station.
On the occasion, Pradhan also announced stoppage of 12871/12872 Howrah-Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Express at Badmal, 18425/18426 Puri-Durg-Puri Express at Muribahal and 18107/18107 Rourkela-Koraput-Rourkela Express at Barpali from February 14 on an experimental basis for a period of six months.
Among others MLAs Dr Raseswari Panigrahi, Rabi Narayan Nayak, and KV Singh Deo graced the occasion. DRM Dr Jaideep Gupta welcomed the guests.
In a another release, the the East Coast Railway (ECoR) informed that three foot over-bridges (FOBs), one each at Rayagada, Ladda and Jimidipeta railway stations in Rayagada district, would be dedicated to public on February 19.
Both Jimidipeta and Ladda stations are having two passenger platforms, each being separated with four lines. Each FOB if of 36-metre lenth and 3-metre width and has come up at a cost of Rs 1.12 crore.
While Rayagada railway station has been developed as a modern and Adarsh station, an additional FOB with ramp facility connecting all the three platforms has come at a cost of Rs 2.44 crore. With this, the Rayagada station has become Divyangjan friendly. The FOB is of 3-meter width and 27.2-meter length.