The meeting of 'Divisional Parliamentary Committee' of Sonpur Division was organised at ECR Headquarters, Hazipur. MPs of Sonpur Divisional Jurisdiction participated in this meeting. The meeting was presided over by Rajiv Pratap Rudy, MP of Saran. Issues related to public interest and their suggestions were put forward by all the MPs for the all-round development of the railways. On this occasion, General Manager of East Central Railway Anupam Sharma, Divisional Railway Manager of Sonpur Division Neelmani and Chief Administrative Officer, Bela including senior officers of headquarters and Sonpur Division were present.
In the meeting, MP of Rajya Sabha Rakesh Sinha, MP of Muzaffarpur Ajay Nishad, MP of Khagaria Chaudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser, MP of Katihar Dulal Chandra Goswami, MP of Bhagalpur Ajay Kumar Mandal, MP of Vaishali Veena Devi and MP of Samastipur Prince Raj were present. Apart from these, Minister of State for Home, Government of India Nityanand Rai's representative, MLA Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Minister of State for Rural Development and Panchayati, Giriraj Singh's representative Keshav Shandilya and Minister of Food Processing Industries, Government of India Pashupati Kumar Representative of Paras Ghanshyam Kumar Daha and MLA of Amnaur Krishna Kumar Mantu were present.
The MPs and their representatives gave valuable suggestions regarding railway development and further enhancement and strengthening of passenger facilities. Emphasis was laid on priority completion of works related to infrastructure development by the MPs. In addition, future work plans were also discussed in the meeting.
Earlier, at the beginning of the meeting, GM Anupam Sharma welcomed the MPs and the representatives of the MPs. The GM, in his address, apprised the MPs about the new projects and works done by Sonpur Division in the field of passenger amenities, infrastructure development etc. He said that the work of doubling and electrification of all major railway sections of Sonpur division has been completed. Under the Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti Yojna, East Central Railway's first Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal has been started in Barauni.
The GM, while expressing his gratitude for the valuable suggestions received from the MPs, said that this suggestion will prove to be very helpful in deciding the roadmap for railway development works in future.