Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to visit Odisha on Monday

Bhubaneswar: To announce various infrastructure related projects and inaugurate passenger amenities works of the Indian Railways, Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is scheduled to visit Bhubaneswar on Monday.

The projects include flagging off of the extension of Khurda Road-Rajsunakhala passenger up to Bolagarh Road and Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Rajyarani Express up to Gunupur.

He will also lay foundation stones for Khurda Road bypass line, fourth line between Rourkela and Bondamunda, Multi Disciplinary Training Centre at Jagatpur in Cuttack and maintenance facilities for Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) units at Khurda Road.

Prabhu will also inaugurate Raising and Extension of Platform No-1 and new Platform No-2 and new approach road at Jharsuguda Road railway station. Similarly double line between Handapa and Saragipali stations in Angul-Sambalpur route will also be inaugurated by him by means of video conferencing from Bhubaneswar.

Lift and Escalators at Bhubaneswar Railway Station will also be inaugurated by the minister.

The occasion will be graced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and various other MPs and MLAs.​