Hon’ble Ministers Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw & Shri Dharmendra Pradhan flag off Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU train from Cuttack Railway Station

April 5, 2023 Rail News

Hon’ble Union Minister of Railways, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off of the inaugural run of Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU at Cuttack Railway Station.

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  • Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Hon’ble Union Minister of Railways, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off of the inaugural run of Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU at Cuttack Railway Station, o­n Shree Ram Navami Day.
  • On the inaugural Day, this train left Cuttack Station towards Bhadrak. However, the regular service will commence from 31st March 2023.
  • Shri Vaishnaw released Postal Stamp o­n Legends of Odisha at Ravenshaw University along with Union Minister Shri Pradhan. Hon’ble MLAS Md Mouqim and Suraj Suryavanshi were also present o­n the occasion at the Cuttack station.

Speaking o­n the occasion, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw informed that, direct train link between Bhadrak and Nayagarh District and connecting five districts of the State via important towns like Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will fulfill the aspirations of the public. Informing the public, Shri Vaishnaw also said that, this was a long pending public demand of the people of both Bhadrak and Nayagarh Districts and was earlier announced to provide a new train from Bhadrak towards Bhubaneswar during the foundation stone laying ceremony of Redevelopment of Bhubaneswar Railway Station, in near past. This has now been fulfilled.

Apart from this, Shri Vaishnaw said that Cuttack Railway Station will be redeveloped as a World Class Station and Rupees 303 Crores have been sanctioned for the redevelopment work. Shri Vaishnaw also said that, this year, Railways have constructed 400 Kms of Rail Line in the State this year which is a record. Earlier, in 2009-14, a mere 50 Kms approx was being constructed annually.

Gracing the occasion, Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said that it was a commitment of Railway Ministry under the leadership of Shri Vaishnaw to fulfil the public aspirations of this region and here is the result showing the fulfilment.

Source: East Coast Railway- Press Release | Images Credit: East Coast Railway