People of Bastar will soon get Rail connectivity to the northern parts of the country as there will be extension in the Railway services, said Member of Parliament (MP) from Bastar, Dinesh Kashyap at the inaugural function of a foot-over bridge (FOB) and platform shutters at Jagdalpur Railway Station here. Kashyap said that now people need not endanger their lives while crossing the Railway tracks since the FOB has been constructed.
He said that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Chhattisgarh government, NMDC, IRCON and SAIl for construction of the 140-km Rail line between Rowghat and Jagdalpur has been signed. The estimated project cost is Rs 2,000 crore. With the completion of the Rail route, people would get connectivity with northern parts of the country, he said. In the function, Kashyap appealed to Chandralekha Mukherjee, DRM of Waltair division, East-Coast Railway, for the change in the timings of Durg-Jagdalpur Express.