Chief Minister Hemant Soren today asked railway officials not make Jharkhand a dumping yard of railways. Holding a meeting with South Eastern Railway General Manager SK Mohanty, the CM said that Jharkhand gives most benefits to the Railways through its natural resources, but Railways does not respond in the same manner.
“The number of trains is not as per the convenience of the people of Jharkhand. Most of the trains are very poor in quality. In AC coaches, a number of Air Conditioners do not have good quality. AC First & AC Two Composite coaches should be installed in Dumka Ranchi Train and Vananchal Express. Such facility should be provided in all trains of Jharkhand so that passengers traveling in every category can travel with convenience,” said CM.
Soren said that Railway over bridge (ROB) should be made in single entity, which means only railway or only State government should make it. He said that it is seen that the bridge over the railway line is made by railway and the approach road is built by the State government. Due to this the alignment of bridge and approach road is also not very accessible. He said that the people, who use them are troubled with the same.
The CM told the GM of South Eastern Railway that wherever the railways are working in Jharkhand and there is a need for permission to cut the trees for making double-lined railway there, in those cases, they should send consolidated proposals so that the Forest Department Clearance can be obtained. Sending in different pieces makes the work more likely to be pending, he added.
Soren said that the Railways should make their plans in such a way that wild animals are not disturbed. Underpass or any other method, which can be done better, should be used. He said that development should never harm forests and wildlife and biodiversity.
In the meeting, the Railways laid various matters regarding its projects, on which the Chief Secretary gave information about the action being taken by the State government in all the cases.
Chief Secretary Dr DK Tiwari, Revenue and Land Reforms Secretary KK Soan, PCCF Shashi Nandkeolyar, Transport Secretary K Ravikumar, SER GM SK Mohanty, DRM, Ranchi, Neeraj Ambastha, including senior Railway officers Jaya Verma Sinha, Saumitra Majumdar, Kamal Baitha, Amit Kanchan, Neeraj Kumar, Devraj Bannerjee alongwith other officers were present in the meeting.
The SER GM, during his visit, inspected the Hatia-Orga section, inchich he took stock of passenger facilities at different stations, railway tracks, health facilities, security, ROBs, crossings and gave necessary instructions to the officials. The GM also met Kolebora MLA NV Kongari, Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth, Hatia MLA Navin Jaisawal, Lohardaga MP Sudarshan Bhagat, Sisai MLA Susashan Horo and Torpa MLA Koche Munda.
At the end of the inspection, the General Manager urged all officers and employees to always be vigilant about safety in railway operations. The General Manager expressed satisfaction over various passenger facility works being done in Ranchi Railway Division and gave directions for improvement where improvement is required.