Baijayant seeks safe return of 250 Kendrapara pilgrims stranded in Chennai

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda has requested the Union Railway minister to facilitate the safe return of 250 pilgrims of Odisha’s Kendrapara district stuck at the Chennai Railway Station.

In a letter to the Railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday, Panda said 250 pilgrims of Kendrapara district were stranded at Chennai Egmore railway station due to cancellation of trains in view of heavy flood in Chennai.

Stating that of the 250 stranded pilgrims, around 220 pilgrims were old men and women, Panda said given their age and poor economic background, they were finding it very difficult to sustain themselves at the railway station.

“In light of this, I would request you to kindly take steps to facilitate their safe return to Odisha,” Panda said in the letter.