The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur
The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur
CM letter to Lalu
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bhubaneswar, Feb. 27: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today requested Lalu Prasad to increase the outlay for Orissa in the railway budget.
In a letter to the railway minister, Patnaik (in picture) contended that the allocation in the 2007-08 rail budget for the state was “not adequate”.
The chief minister urged Lalu Prasad to “reassess” the requirements of Orissa fearing that ongoing railway projects such as Haridaspur-Paradip, Khurda Road-Bolangir and Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh would suffer due to the “inadequate” outlay.
Describing the budget as “disappointing”, Patnaik said a “meagre” allocation of Rs 606 crore had been made against last year’s Rs 654 crore and the state demand for Rs 880 crore.
“We had requested for several new rail links, but... no new rail link has been sanctioned for Orissa. Only two trains have been announced and the frequency of two others increased, which is way below our expectations,” said the chief minister. Doubling of the Daitari-Banspani and Haridaspur-Paradip tracks has been ignored and allocation for the Lanjigarh-Junagarh and Khurda-Bolangir lines is poor, he noted.
The government’s request for improvement of infrastructure, introduction of trains and increase in frequency has been ignored by the ministry, rued Patnaik.
According to official sources, the government had requested for introduction of 13 trains, sanction of nine new links, doubling of three tracks and electrification of another three links.
However, only two new trains — between Bhubaneswar and Ranchi and Bhubaneswar and Rameswaram — were announced yesterday.
CM letter to Lalu
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bhubaneswar, Feb. 27: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today requested Lalu Prasad to increase the outlay for Orissa in the railway budget.
In a letter to the railway minister, Patnaik (in picture) contended that the allocation in the 2007-08 rail budget for the state was “not adequate”.
The chief minister urged Lalu Prasad to “reassess” the requirements of Orissa fearing that ongoing railway projects such as Haridaspur-Paradip, Khurda Road-Bolangir and Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh would suffer due to the “inadequate” outlay.
Describing the budget as “disappointing”, Patnaik said a “meagre” allocation of Rs 606 crore had been made against last year’s Rs 654 crore and the state demand for Rs 880 crore.
“We had requested for several new rail links, but... no new rail link has been sanctioned for Orissa. Only two trains have been announced and the frequency of two others increased, which is way below our expectations,” said the chief minister. Doubling of the Daitari-Banspani and Haridaspur-Paradip tracks has been ignored and allocation for the Lanjigarh-Junagarh and Khurda-Bolangir lines is poor, he noted.
The government’s request for improvement of infrastructure, introduction of trains and increase in frequency has been ignored by the ministry, rued Patnaik.
According to official sources, the government had requested for introduction of 13 trains, sanction of nine new links, doubling of three tracks and electrification of another three links.
However, only two new trains — between Bhubaneswar and Ranchi and Bhubaneswar and Rameswaram — were announced yesterday.
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