DRUCC members urged for better railway services in Koraput region
Odishabarta
Sunabeda: 23/12/2021: The 115th. Divisional Rail users’ Consultative Committee meeting of the East Coast Railways was held at Visakhapatnam on 22/10/2021. Divisional Railway Manager of Waltair Division Anup Kumar Satpathy presided over the meeting. Treasurer of Koraput Bikash Parishad, Shaik Ibrahim and representative of Koraput MP, Manoj Acharya attended the meeting as DRUCC member and put forth some genuine demands of Koraput region. They also submitted a memorandum to the DRM of Waltair Division. Among other things, they urged; resuming of all train services to pre-pandemic levels in the Division as soon as possible, train connectivity from Jagdalpur – Koraput to New Delhi. Introduction of a day time train, from Koraput to Kharagpur through Rayagada- Bhubaneswar –Balasore. Train connectivity from Jagdalpur to Bangalore and Hyderbad. Construction of Foot over bridge at Damanjodi and at Dumuriput station. Up gradation of Koraput Railway Station and renaming of Hirakhand express as Saheed Laxman Nayak Express/ Deomali Express since the current name doesn’t relate with any historical, cultural or natural resource symbols of Koraput region. The Divisional Railway authority assured the members that once the railway track doubling work will be finished they can able to provide more trains to Koraput region. While Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Akhilesh Tripathy coordinated the proceedings of the meeting, Sudhir Kumar Gupta proposed the vote of thanks.
