Suresh Prabhu inaugurates various Rail related services in Odisha and Assam.

Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated following services in Odisha and Assam through video conferencing from Rail Bhawan today i.e 19-06-2017. Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge), Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) Shri Dr. (Prof.) Prasanna Kumar Patasani, were specially present to grace the occasion. Chairman, Railway Board, Shri A. K. Mital, Member Traffic Railway Board, Shri Mohd Jamshed, other Railway Board Members and Senior Officials were also present on the occasion.

1.New Railway Line between Bolagarh Road and Nayagarh Town

The work for provision of new line between Khurda Road and Bolangir for a total length of 289 km was sanctioned in the year of 1994-95 at a total cost of Rs 801.78 crores.

The work for commissioning of new line between Bolagarh Road
and Nayagarh town (12 km) has been completed. The total
length of rail line completed is about 65 Kms.

Train No. 58429/58430/58431/58432 (Khurda Road- Bolagarh)
passenger trains are being extended upto Nayagarh Town.

A large number of pilgrims visit Puri during the Rath Yatra
festival and this train will facilitate the movement of pilgrims
between Nayagarh Town and Puri. This will be daily service with
a composition of 12 coaches.
This will fulfill the long pending demand of the local people for
rail connectivity.

2. Nayagarh Town Railway Station Building

It is a ‘E’ category station on Khurda Road-Bolangir section,
built at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore.

Passenger amenities like booking windows, public address
system, waiting hall, platform, toilets, drinking water have
been provided at the station.

To facilitate physically handicapped passengers wheel chairs
have been provided. Stretchers have also been provided for
medical needs of the passengers.

3. Passenger halt at Bolagarh Town

Passenger halt at Bolagarh Town was sanctioned on
13.10.2016. on passenger amenity grounds. Location of the
halt is between Rajsunakhala and Bolagarh Road stations on
Khurda Road-Bolangir new line in Khurda Division of East
Coast Railway.

It has been built at a cost of Rs. 98 lakhs.Amenities provided
are (i) High level platform (360 metres), (ii) Booking counter
cum waiting room (25 sqm), (iii) Approach road (900 sqm)
and (iv) one hand tubewell.

4. PRS at Kamakhya Temple

Hon’ble MR announced for opening of PRS counter at
Kamakhya temple premises on 7.5.2017.This is non-rail
head PRS with the assistance of Kamakhya Devottar Board
cater to approximately catchment area of 5000 passengers.

This is a location of tourist importance, lakh of devotees
visit the shrine especially during Ambubushi Mela.

At present, on Northeast Frontier Railway there are 249 l
locations where computerized reservation facility is
available. After this, the figure will be 250 (including 115 l
locations in the State of Assam).The inaugural function was
held at the temple in presence of a large gathering of
devotees.

At Kamakhya temple, NF Railway General Manager
Chahatey Ram, Doloi of Kamakhya Devalaya Mohit Sarma
and president of Kamakhya Bordeuri Samaj Bhupati
Sarma were present.

NFR officials said that with the opening of this new PRS on
the Nilachal Hill, lakhs of pilgrims will be able to get their
railway tickets reserved or cancelled without visiting any
nearby railway station.

The opening of the PRS also comes just ahead of the
start of the annual Ambubachi Mela.


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