Advisor of Ganjam Zilla Vikash Manch Siva Prasad Mishra and president Bhukanta Sahu have submitted a memorandum to the Minister of Railway demanding improvement of railway services at Brahmapur, the heritage city and commercial hub of south Odisha.
Brahmapur, also south Odisha’s most populous municipality and financial capital and a 20-lakh population from 10 districts depends on the Brahmapur railway station for their travel and goods transportation that fetches the highest revenue for the railways in the State.
The memorandum demanded, among other things, facilities of a terminal point in the railway station, restoration of a daily train between Brahmapur and Rourkela or extension of trains No. 18106 and 18147 up to Brahmapur to establish a direct link between southern and western parts of the State, extension of train No. 78411 (DMU) from Chhatrapur to Brahmapur, construction of a passenger halt at the industrial Estate and immediate extension of weekly train No. 22882 (Bhubaneswar to Pune) up to Mumbai
The demands also included renovation of Phailin-damaged platform 4 on a war footing, introduction of two daily direct trains to Delhi and Ahmedabad, respectively and opening of two separate reservation counters for women, physically-disabled persons and senior citizens.
Copies of the memorandum were sent to the Railway Board Chairman, ECoR Chief Commercial Manager and Brahmapur MP. Among others who signed the memorandum included advocate Saroj Kumar Das, Sushant Kumar Sahu, Maheswar Sahu and Kamal Prasad Dakua.