Jeypore: Jeypore railway station in Koraput district will soon get a facelift with plans afoot for the renovation of the building. Facilities like parking slots, ramps for the disabled, lift, and drinking water taps will also be set up at the station, officials said Monday. The matter came to the fore during the visit of divisional railway manager (DRM) Anup Satapathy of the Waltair section to the railway station here, Monday.
During the visit, Satapathy conducted a review of the station. He said that the station will be renovated under the Centre sponsored ‘Amrit Bhart Yojana’. Satapathy also informed that 16 railway stations in Odisha have been included in the plan for renovation and Jeypore is one of them. A technical team accompanying the DRM visited various areas in the railway station and conducted review of the existing facilities and what are all required for the facelift. The senior official said that very soon a tender will be floated for the renovation of the station building, construction of parking slots, lifts, ramps for the disabled, and setting up of drinking water taps. The work will be finished within a year, Satapathy informed.
A delegation from ‘Citizen’s Forum Jan Kalyan Manch’ also met the DRM and highlighted the problems people are facing at the railway station. The delegation members pointed out that the Koraput-Jeypore double track work under the Vishakhapatnam division is continuing for a long time and urged him to look into the matter for early completion. The DRM pointed out that the delay is because the route passes through hills and forests for which tunnels have to be built. The delegation members also submitted a plan for the construction of a 400-metre of road from the national highway to the railway station. They also requested Satapathy to provide two additional coaches to the Hirakhand Express and launching of train services between Jeypore and Puri. The DRM assured the delegation that he will keep their proposals in mind and apprise the Union government about the necessary infrastructure and other demands.