BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday steered railway minister Piyush Goyal to sanction railway initiatives in tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district.
Naveen, in a letter to Goyal, stated railways has now not invested much to increase the pre-independence rail network that was once current within the then princely state of Mayurbhanj.
Stating that the district, a treasure trove in the case of vegetation, fauna and vacationer attainable, Naveen stated the railways after independence has simplest commissioned the gauge conversion paintings at the current unmarried line of 90 km between Rupsa to Bangiriposhi in 2006.
Though railways had previously sanctioned a mission of 50-km rail line between Buramara (Odisha) to Chakulia (Jharkhand), to offer connectivity, but sadly railways has now proposed to drop the paintings from its sanctioned checklist at the flooring of loss of financial viability, he famous.
He stated every other survey for the same connectivity has been finished for a 42-km line between Bangiriposhi and Gorumahisani in Mayurbhanj, but paintings was once now not started mentioning low price of go back.
Stating that financial viability isn't the one consideration for taking up railway initiatives, Naveen steered the railways minister to put in force the Buramara -Chakulia and Bangiriposhi and Gorumahisani lines.
He additionally introduced land free of price for Odisha portion of the Buramara -Chakulia mission.
Naveen, in a letter to Goyal, stated railways has now not invested much to increase the pre-independence rail network that was once current within the then princely state of Mayurbhanj.
Stating that the district, a treasure trove in the case of vegetation, fauna and vacationer attainable, Naveen stated the railways after independence has simplest commissioned the gauge conversion paintings at the current unmarried line of 90 km between Rupsa to Bangiriposhi in 2006.
Though railways had previously sanctioned a mission of 50-km rail line between Buramara (Odisha) to Chakulia (Jharkhand), to offer connectivity, but sadly railways has now proposed to drop the paintings from its sanctioned checklist at the flooring of loss of financial viability, he famous.
He stated every other survey for the same connectivity has been finished for a 42-km line between Bangiriposhi and Gorumahisani in Mayurbhanj, but paintings was once now not started mentioning low price of go back.
Stating that financial viability isn't the one consideration for taking up railway initiatives, Naveen steered the railways minister to put in force the Buramara -Chakulia and Bangiriposhi and Gorumahisani lines.
He additionally introduced land free of price for Odisha portion of the Buramara -Chakulia mission.
Naveen Patnaik writes to railway minister for more projects in Mayurbhanj
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