South Eastern Railway hints at four-lane venture completion

By Express News Service
ROURKELA: Facing stress from native management, the South Eastern Railway (SER) has lastly hinted at completion of the stalled four-lane venture.

Once materialised, the important thing four-lane highway between BSNL workplace and Basanti Colony will join the newly-constructed Rourkela railway station and can profit about 4 lakh inhabitants.

Besides, it should ease vehicular visitors congestion on the railway station’s important entrance.  

The SER appears to have modified its thoughts as it’s unable to finish its third rail line venture on Howrah-Mumbai important line on the Rourkela portion on account of encroachment. 

The ruling BJD led by Rourkela MLA and Sundargarh District Planning Committee chairman Sarada Prasad Nayak has been urgent the SER to permit completion of the four-lane venture and rehabilitate these dealing with eviction for the railway line. Three days again, Nayak had additionally written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards the SER.  

To thaw the stand-off, Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan held a gathering with SER’s Chakradharpur Division two days again. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) B Sahu was additionally current within the meet the place Nayak vehemently raised the 2 points. Stating that the assembly was fruitful, senior divisional business supervisor Manish Pathak stated coordination conferences could be held each month.

The SER is dedicated to increase needed help for Smart City initiatives and improvement work of Rourkela, he stated and added that the four-lane subject could be resolved.

After initially agreeing for making the four-lane 80 ft large, the SER’s then DRM in 2016 directed to restrict center portion of 1,200 metre of the venture passing by Railway Colony to 30 ft and sought Rs 103 crore towards land lease expenses for widening and Rs 7 crore compensation in the direction of for property harm.

The SER had additionally wrongly claimed that the four-lane was not required by it. Since then, the center portion continues with 15 ft width whereas the remaining was accomplished with out use. Nayak stated round 80 per cent inhabitants of all the township of Rourkela Steel Plant together with Basanti Colony, Chhend Colony, Shakti Nagar, Koel Nagar, Timber Colony, Malgodam, Gopabandhupali and Madhusudanpali would profit from the venture. Traffic congestion would additionally cut back on the important entrance of the railway station if the four-lane is accomplished.