Commuters facing trouble to go from one platform to another at the small railway stations will now get relief as Indian Railways has planned to construct foot over bridges (FOBs) at small stations giving focus on passengers’ safety and facilitate movement of passengers. These stations will also have high level and concrete platforms.
Cuttack and Jajpur- Keonjhar Road stations will have wide FOBs of 6 meter-width. The processes are already in motion at Bhubaneswar and Bhadrak railway stations with experimental basis giving target to complete within 6 months. Work for these FOBs have started in December, 2017 and will be ready to be functional by Rath Yatra, this year.
Besides, small stations under East Coast Railway to be provided with 1st FOBs are Motari, Surla Road, Jhadupudi, Baruva, Summadevi, Bagadia PH, Banbihari Gwalipur, Baridhengarh, Badakhadeita, Jhankada Sarala Road PH, Manguli Choudwar, Mattagazpur, NIN PH, Srijhadeswar PH, Badabandha, Sukinda Road, Sagadapeta, Baghuapal, Chilikidara, Kapali Road PH, Dulakhapatna PH, Brahmani PH, Argul PH, Chhatrapur Court PH, Dhaulimuhan PH, Golabai PH, Kalijai PH, Mukteswar PH, Solari PH, Mahadia PH, Sarpeswar PH, Talcher Thermal PH, Haripurgram PH, Janakideipur, Jenapur Road PH and Junagarh Road.