A citizens’ forum in Odisha’s Kandhamal district has urged the Odisha government and the Centre to include Phulbani town in the proposed railway connectivity from Gopalpur to Rairakhole under the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Corridor’.
The District Railway Action Committee (DRAC), Kandhamal has sent representations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw through Kandhamal district collector A Ishwar Patil.
In its representation, the citizens’ forum claimed that the East Coast Railway had prepared a detailed project report (DPR) for the 245-kilometre new railway line from Gopalpur to Rairakhole.
