RS 100 CR FOR
KHORDHA-B’NGIR LINE INADEQUATE: BJD MP
Thursday, 10 July 2014 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
======================================================The allocation of Rs 100 crore for the
Khordha-Balangir railway line in the Railway Budget has evoked strong reactions
from different quarters here.
“The amount is grossly insufficient,” Balangir BJD MP Kalikesh
Narayan Singh Deo said in his reaction. He said he had demanded an allocation
of Rs 400 crore for this project.
The BJD MP said demands for a new train for Balangir and
establishment of a wagon factory at Kantabanji have been ignored.
Similarly, former Sambalpur MP and president of the All India
University Employees’ Confederation (AIUEC) Bhabani Shankar Hota described the
budget as ‘hopeless and frustrating budget for Odisha.’
The demands of the State Government were significantly ignored
and western Odisha has been massively neglected, Hota said.
The long-standing demand of the western Odisha people for daily
direct trains to Delhi and Allahabad has been ignored. Besides, the demand for
a new rail line from Bargarh to Nuapada was also ignored, Hota said.
Suggesting that steps be taken to cut down unwanted expenditure
and root out corruption, Hota urged the Railway Minister to take corrective
measures to incorporate some of the demands of the people before the Budget is
finally passed.
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