Tag: Bifurcation Of Ecor

Bhubaneswar: Strongly opposing the move of the Centre to bifurcate Waltair railway division of East Coast Railway, Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik today accused the Central government of discriminating against the State. Speaking to media in Bhubaneswar today, Patnaik alleged that the Centre has taken this decision as part of a strategy to discriminate against […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre announcing to bifurcate Bhubaneswar-headquartered East Coast Railway (ECoR) to create a new railway zone named South Coast Railway for Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters at Visakhapatnam, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reiterated his demands for reorganization and unification of railways in Odisha under one administrative zone of the ECoR. In a […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed concerns over bifurcation of the Waltair division under the East Coast Railway (ECoR) and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the matter, Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha today clarified that not even a ‘single inch’ of railway lines in the State […]