Rail commuters in Bhadrak will have some new facilities soon. In this regard, recently, local MP Manjulata Mandal along with several representatives met Railways Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and raised a few demands.
An important meeting was held at East Coast Division with its General Manager and several senior officials regarding developmental works of Bhadrak railway station among others at Bhubaneswar on March 11 in presence of MP Mandal.
Accordingly, several new initiatives have been started. Proposal for stoppage of train at Bhadrak, No. 22603/04 (Kharagpur-Villupuram Junction), 22605/06 (Purulia-Villupuram Junction) and 22831 / 32 (Howrah-Sri Satya Sai Prashanti Nilayam) Express at Bhadrak has already been recommended to Railway Board for approval, said a communique signed by DGM (G), East Coast RailwayAshok Kumar Mishra.
Similarly, a proposal is under active consideration of South Eastern Railway for a new weekly train between Baleswar and Bangalore. Regarding new train connectivity between western Odisha and northern Odisha, improved patronisation of the weekly train Howrah-Sambalpur-Howrah is under consideration.
Similarly, work is in progress for raising of platform height from low level to high level at Baudpur, Kenduapada and Manjuri Road. Apart from this 10 bays of platform sheds at platform No. 1 at Bhadrak railway station is under progress and platform shelter for platform No. 3 and 4 will be processed.
Construction of underpass at LC gate No. 118 is awaiting sanction at Railway Board on 50:50 cost sharing basis between Centre and the State. Apart from that feasibility is being examined to augment the Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar MEMU to 16 coaches. In addition, Bangiriposi-Baripada-Bhubaneswar superfast Express coaches have been patronized with more ACCZ coaches for unserved passengers. Two more GS coaches have been added from March 9, said MP Mandal.
Fly over at LC gate No. 119 has been sanctioned. Proposal for construction of rail over bridge (ROB) has been sent to Railway Board for sanction on 50:50 sharing basis at LC gates of Manjuri Road and Kenduapada. The lift on platform number 1,2 and 3 will be completed soon in March and the lift on platform No. 4 and 5 shall be completed by April.