Kosal Dal stages rail roko at Balangir FRIDAY, 01 MARCH 2013 19:16 PNS | BALANGIR

 Bhubaneswar  Kosal Dal stages rail roko at Balangir

Kosal Dal stages rail roko at Balangir

FRIDAY, 01 MARCH 2013 19:16

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Members of the Kosal Kranti Dal (KKD) led by its president Pramod Mishra and Dolamani Pradhan on Thursday staged Rail Roko at the Balangir railway station protesting against the meagre allocation of funds for the Khurda-Balangir railway line project.

The activists detained the Sambalpur-Rayagada Tapaswini Express and Bilaspur-Raipur Passenger trains.

“The Kosalanchal has been neglected in this year’s Railway Budget. We had demanded Rs400 crore for the Khurda-Balangir railway line, but only Rs60 crore has been allocated. If the yearly allocation goes this way, the project would not be completed in the next hundred years,” said Pramod Mishra.

“The people’s representatives of Balangir and the Kosalanchal region as a whole have failed to represent the case of this area and the State Government has also neglected this area and failed to highlight the problems of this area before the Centre,” he alleged.

“We demand that the Railway Budget be revised with an allocation of Rs400 crore for the Khurda-Balangir railway line project and its completion in three years; otherwise, the project has no future,” he said.

If remedial steps are not taken, there would be a 24-hour Rail Roko, Mishra threatened.

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B’ngir citizens’ body members lock collectorate FRIDAY, 01 MARCH 2013 19:19 PNS | BALANGIR

 Bhubaneswar  B’ngir citizens’ body members lock collectorate

B’ngir citizens’ body members lock collectorate

FRIDAY, 01 MARCH 2013 19:19

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Members of the Balangir Citizens’ Committee led by its president Laxmikanta Mahapatra and Bhavani Satpathy on Thursday staged a dharna before the district collectorate and locked the collectrorate protesting against the apathy of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik towards the people of Balangir.

The Citizens’ Committee had sought time to meet Patnaik to discuss the various problems of Balangir. But after trying several times for the purpose, the Chief Minister did not give time for a meeting. “Hence, we have closed the Collectorate today,” said Mahapatra.

“Our major demands are early completion of the Lower Suktel Irrigation Project, establishment of Government medical college at Balangir, construction of bypass road and establishment of a Central University in Balangir,” he said.

Unless the Lower Suktel Project work is started by March 12, the agitation would be intensified, warned Bhavani Satpathy.

Rly Budget disappointing, says former MP Hota

Bhubaneswar  Rly Budget disappointing, says former MP Hota

Rly Budget disappointing, says former MP Hota

WEDNESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2013 20:03

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Former Sambalpur MP Bhabani Shankar Hota, while describing the Railway Budget as a “disappointing one for Odisha, sarcastically remarked, “The Railways’ new slogan should be ‘Rae Barelie is India and India is Rae Barelie.’”

Hota said the much-awaited Khurda-Balangir railway line “is again put on slow motion” due to a paltry allocation of funds. Besides, the Bargarh-Nuapada railway line has been put on “cold storage”.

Balangir given raw deal: MP

 Bhubaneswar  Balangir given raw deal: MP

Balangir given raw deal: MP

WEDNESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2013 19:55

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The Railway Budget has come as a disappointment for people of Balangir, said local MP Kalikesh Narayn Singh Deo.

While it has been announced that a wagon maintenance unit would be set up in Kalahandi, the claim of Kantabanji in Balangir district has been ignored, he said. And the Khurda-Balangir railway line project has received a paltry Rs 60 crore though it requires around Rs 1,600 crore for completion, he added.

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Balangir leaders expect Rs400 cr for railway line TUESDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2013 21:18

 Bhubaneswar  Balangir leaders expect Rs400 cr for railway line

Balangir leaders expect Rs400 cr for railway line

TUESDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2013 21:18

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The much-expected yet long-neglected Khurda-Balangir railway line project, which has been moving at a snail’s pace thanks to paucity of funds, should receive an allocation of Rs400 crore in the new Railway Budget. This is the expectation of people cutting across party lines here.

“We expect an allocation of Rs 400 crore for the railway line this time and work should start from the Balangir side. Besides this, a rail wagon manufacturing factory should be set up at Kantabanji,” said Balangir BJD MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo speaking to The Pioneer over phone.

The Khurda-Balangir railway line project was approved in as far back as in 1993 at a cost of Rs 289 crore, but the project cost has, meanwhile, risen to more than Rs 700 crore.

The same feeling about an accelerated implementation of the project was echoed by president of the Citizens’ Committee, Balangir Dr LK Mahapatra. “We expect an allocation of Rs 400 crore for the project, besides the construction work being undertaken from the Balangir side,” he said.

Railway Users’ Committee president Nilamani Mishra, while holding the same view, said, “The Deputy General Manager of the East Coast Railway has informed us they have submitted a proposal to the Railway Board Chairman to start work from the Balangir side.

Kosal Kranti Dal president Pramod Mishra observed that the project has been languishing for apathy, improper representation of the issue by political representatives. “We demand a budgetary allocation of Rs 400 crore besides the project’s completion within three years,” he said.

Forest staff stage dharna in Balangir SUNDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2013 19:42

Bhubaneswar  Forest staff stage dharna in Balangir

Forest staff stage dharna in Balangir

SUNDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2013 19:42

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Members of the Odisha Non-Gazetted Forest Service Association’s Balangir zone staged a dharna before the Divisional Forest Office for the second day.

The protesters have been demanding fulfilment of their three-point charter of demands which includes enhancement of pay-scale of Foresters and Forest Guards as per the recommendation of the Central Pay Commission, regularisation of Contractual Foresters and Forest Guards and post upgradation of Foresters and Deputy Rangers.

“The dharna would continue for indefinite period till our demands are met and the Government would be held responsible for whatever loss of destruction of forest resources,” said the Odisha Non-Gazetted Forest Service Association’s zonal secretary Madhusudan Gaduaa.

Members of Odisha non gazetted forest service association Balangir Zone are on dharna before DFO office since 22nd February 2013.