BJD general secretary T Gopi submitted a memorandum to the authorities of the Railways at New Delhi recently, demanding a direct train exclusively for the pilgrims of south Odisha from Brahmapur to Puri.
Gopi discussed the issue threadbare with the senior Railway officials at Delhi and convinced them the long cherished demand of the people of Ganjam in general and Brahmapur city in particular.Though the local public has been demanding time and again for an exclusive direct daily train from Brahmapur to Puri, but their demand unfortunately remains unheeded by the successive Governments at the Center, he pointed out. Gopi further pointed out that, the distance between Puri and Brahmapur can be covered by three hours and the timing of the proposed DMU should be scheduled so that the pilgrims can commute between Brahmapur and Bhubaneswar within a day, by having made the darshan of Lord Jagannath and taken the Mahaprasad.
Notably, during discussion, former Deputy Speaker of Assembly and State Planning Committee Member Rama Chandra Panda was present.