Bhubaneswar: In a two-day-long visit to Bhubaneswar, Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the status of ongoing projects and traffic facility works in ECoR jurisdiction.
According to an official press release, the progress of supercritical and public-centric Railway projects in the state including rail line connectivity to various mineral belts, Ports and Industries was also stressed in the review meeting apart from the status of the redevelopment of Railway Stations. Later, in the evening, Vaishnaw inspected Puri Railway Station and took stock of the progress of the Station redevelopment work.
While reviewing the meeting, Vaishnaw also stressed faster coal transportation to different ports and industries, along with power plants. He also emphasized rail line connection to the mineral belts along with ports and industries. He also gave priority to rail line expansion of 40,000 km of the proposed three freight corridors so that freight transportation will be speeded up without disrupting coaching trains.
Apart from this, the construction work for the redevelopment of the Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri Railway Stations is in full swing and the progress is beyond expectations.
Later, in the evening, Vaishnaw inspected Puri Railway Station and took stock of the progress and instructed officials to speed up the construction work and complete the project within the target period.
ECoR General Manager Manoj Sharma, all Principal HODs of ECoR including Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) P Sreenivas, Divisional Railway Manager/Khurda Road H S Bajwa were also present in the review meeting.
