Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha dedicated some passenger amenities and launched a number of railway projects through videoconferencing from the Rail Sadan here on Wednesday.
Sinha laid the foundation stone of Road Over Bridge (RoB) at Khetarajpur in Sambalpur and flagged off a train on electric traction from Sambalpur on the newly electrified section of Sambalpur and Jharsuguda. Apart from this Sinha launched Wi-Fi Services at Khurda Road Railway Station.
Giving highest emphasis on passenger amenities at stations and trains, Sinha said that focus is being given to connect railways with unconnected regions. Sinha also said that, railway will stand on its commitment on different projects including the Jeypore – Malkanagiri project. Funds will not be an issue for any projects in this region.
Sinha said that projects like Khurda Road-Balangir, Haridaspur-Paradeep and Angul-Sukinda lines are being monitored at the highest levels of Government. He stated that he had a firm belief that progress of a State is linked to progress in railway infrastructure. States like Odisha were neglected in field of railways for years together. Hence, priority is now being given to high level of funding to all old and pending projects.
MP Prasanna Kumar Patasani was present in Bhubaneswar and MlA Raseswasri Panigrah was present at Sambalpur along with General ECoR General Manager Umesh Singh.
Among others, ECoR Additional GM Rajeev Sharma and all Principal Heads of Departments were present here.