As the zonal General Managers will now have full powers in safety matters, East Coast Railway General Manager Umesh Singh has given in-principle approval to Foot Over Bridges at Bhubaneswar (3rd FOB) and at Bhadrak (2nd FOB).
Project is likely to be sanctioned within the coming week and work will be completed in the year 2018.
General Manager Umesh Singh on Wednesday reviewed the position of safety-related issues.
The new FOB at Bhubaneswar will be quite wide (6 metres span) with full link from Platform No-1 to Platform No.-6 .
The Bhadrak FOB will also have 6 metres width, said railway sources. Each FOB is likely to cost about ` 7 crore each as per initial estimates.
Now, the footfall of passengers at Bhubaneswar Railway Station per day is approximately 80,000 and
the station is handling about 200 trains per day on an average.
Another major decision taken by the East Coast Railway to control over crowding of Foot Over Bridges at Bhubaneswar is to ensure that some nominated trains do not go up to the end of signal posts and stop at designated places on the platforms.
This will ensure that the crowd is evenly distributed between the two existing FOBs.