Railways approves first passenger train to President Murmu’s native place in Odisha
The Hindu
President Droupadi Murmu’s native place Rairangpur and Badampahad in Mayurbhanj district will now get mail or express train, they said.
Odisha's tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district got three of the four pairs of trains that were recently approved by the Indian Railways in the South Eastern Railway jurisdiction, officials said on Wednesday.
The new trains are Kolkata (Shalimar)-Badampahar-Kolkata (Shalimar) Weekly Express, Badampahar-Rourkela-Badampahar Weekly Express, Rourkela-Tatanagar-Rourkela (6 days a week) and Tatanagar- Badampahar-Tatanagar (6 days a week).
"This is for the first time that Tata-Badampahar route will have Mail/Express train connectivity," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a statement issued by the ECoR.
President Droupadi Murmu’s native place Rairangpur and Badampahad in Mayurbhanj district will now get mail or express train, they said.
Mr. Vaishnaw said it was a long-pending demand of the people of the area. He added that the new train will fulfill the aspirations of local people, boost the local economy, help development of the tribal area and provide additional connectivity to the aspirational districts. These trains will be introduced soon, the minister said.
Shalimar (Kolkata) - Badampahar-Shalimar (Kolkata) Weekly Express will leave Shalimar at 11.05 pm every Saturday and reach Badampahar at 05.40 am the next day. While returning, Badampahar-Shalimar Express will leave Badampahar at 9.30 pm every Sunday and will arrive at Shalimar at 5am the next day.
The train will stop at Santragachi, Kharagpur, Jhargram, Ghatsila, Asanboni, Tatanagar, Bahalda Road, Aunlajori and Rairangpur.
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