Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury flagged off the extension of the Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna-Bhubaneswar Express to Junagarh and inaugurated the station building of Junagarh through teleconferencing at Junagarh in Kalahandi district on Monday.
Among others, Kalahandi MP Bhakta Charan Das, Junagarh MlA Gobardhan Dash, Bhawanipatna MlA Dushmanta Naik, eminent film star Bijaya Mohanty, East Coast Railway General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi and Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) RP Divakar graced the occassion.
Speaking on the occasion, MP Das expressed hope that the extension would promote economic growth in the area apart from providing better communication facilities to the State capital. He thanked the Railways Ministry to commission the new railway line between Bhawanipatna to Junagarh under lanjigarh Road-Junagarh Railway project. Similarly, Vishnoi said the extension would bring in socio-economic progress of the natural resources rich areas.
Khordha Road Divisional Railway Manager Devraj Panda welcomed the guests. This train will leave Bhubaneswar at 7.35 pm and arrive at Junagarh at 9.15 am the next day. In the return direction, it will leave Junagarh at 6.15 pm and will arrive at Bhubaneswar on its scheduled time.