Old coaches of Hatia-Pune and lTTE trains will replaced with new ones by next month. Talking to the media persons after inspecting Chandil, Muri and Ranchi Stations at Railway Guest House in Ranchi, South Eastern Railway General Manager SN Agrawal expressed satisfaction over the ongoing development work related to passenger amenities and maintenance of Railway tracks and Stations coming under the division. “I visited the stations like Silli, Tatisilwai, Muri and Namkom Stations where progress of work was found to be satisfactory,” said Agrawal. Smooth running of special train at a speed of 120-125 km per hour was done on the tracks to check its capability, which was also without any problems, he added.
Referring to the proposed stoppage of Bhubneshwar Rajdhani at Muri Station, Agrawal said that positive recommendations have already been made to the Railway Board which was under consideration at the Board level only.
When asked about the functioning of base kitchen of the newly set up IRCTC office in Ranchi, Agrawal informed that the land for the same has been identified, and will be made functional very soon.
Talking about the proposal of developing Ranchi Railway Station as world class railway station, Agrawal said that policy decision was being taken to increase the lease period of 35 years.