Bhubaneswar

Two foot over-bridges, 2 lifts at B'pur rly station soon

PNS

Two foot over-bridges and two lifts would be put in place at the Brahmapur railway station. Besides, six large display TC boards would be installed at the station to provide information to passengers, said Khurda Road Division DRM P Rabindran..

At a Press meet held here on Wednesday, the railways are taking various initiatives for the comfort of passengers. Two foot over bridges would be constructed in the current year.

While one bridge would directly lead to outside of the railway station and have ramp facility, the other bridge would connect platform-2 and platform-4. A total of Rs 2 crore has been estimated for the project

Besides, a survey is going on for the Gopalpur-Rayagada new railway line, he said adding that there is no information regarding industrial area passenger halt.

Speaking about various achievements of the Khordha Road Division, Rabindran said while 46.35 million people have travelled under the Khordha Road Division during the last two years,

revenue of total Rs 728 crore has been generated from the passenger transportation in 2015-16. Similarly 111 metric tonne goods have been

transported during the period generating a revenue of Rs 8,663 crore.