Congress calls for Central college tag for Utkal varsity

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has demanded a Central college tag for Utkal University and steps to transform Bhubaneswar railway station right into a world-class facility as introduced earlier.

Congress MLA Suresh Kumar Routray has urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to provoke steps to recognise Utkal University as a central college. “Central status to Utkal University is 30-year-old demand. I urge Dharmendra Pradhan, who has assumed charge as Union Education Minister, to initiate steps in this regard,” he added.

The Congress chief has additionally demanded that steps ought to be initiated to improve the Bhubaneswar railway station right into a world-class facility. Praising Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for his determination to ask the workers of his workplace to work in double shifts to expedite work, he mentioned a brand new prepare ought to be launched within the identify of Lord Lingaraj from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi. He added that steps ought to be taken to modernise Khurda Road station.

In a memorandum to the Railway Minister, the Nayagarh District Congress Committee president Ranjeet Dash requested him to make the Nayagarh railway station useful. The station has been closed because the final three months and workers have been transferred elsewhere because of which, it has now change into a den of anti-socials, he added.