MP RK Jena while participating in the Railway Budget discussion had put forth several demands to give a fillip to the rail infrastructure and facilities in the State in general and of Baleswar district in particular.
He had urged the Railway Minister to expedite the approved projects such as the Digha- Baliapal-Basta and the North Odisha Rail Corridor, stating it would give a big leap to the economic growth of the area. He had also requested for several passenger trains in the routes via north Odisha.
The trains included one from Baleswar to Ahmedabad as in Gujarat almost 10 lakhs people reside from the region. He had also demanded train from Baleswar to Rourkela and one more Jan Shatabdi from Kolkata to Bhubaneswar.
Further, he demanded that the name Baleswar Railway Station be renamed after Fakir Mohan Senapati stating he was the saviour of Odia language.
His demands also included an over bridge at Paschimbad unmanned level crossing which is notorious for accidents.
The other trains were Rajdhani Express between Bhubaneswar and New Delhi via Sambalpur; a new train from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi via Sambalpur in the name of late Biju Patnaik; a train from Bhubaneswar to Paradip in the name of Adikabi Sarala Das; an express train between Jagdalpur and New Delhi and a daily train from Koraput to Bhubaneswar.
Creation of new railway division at Jharsuguda and stoppage of Amravati Express at Jaleswar, connecting roads from Cuttack to Paradip Road with over-bridges and platforms at all respective places and a flyover at NH 42 at Boinda were the other demands of Jena.