Title - Puri-G’dham train halt at Bargarh demanded

Demanding halt of the train Puri-Gandhidham Express at the Bargarh Road railway station, the Bargarh District Rail Consumer Sangh (BDRCS) staged Rail Roko at the railway station on Sunday.The members said the railway station is a business hub. The total revenue collection of the railway station is Rs 4,26,11,781 in the year 2011-12 and this station which is at present in ‘D’ grade needs to be upgraded to ‘B’ grade, they added.Numerous allegations have been leveled against it but no actions have taken till date, they alleged. The Express train is at present running between Puri to Gandhidham Via- Dhenkal ,Angul, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Titalgarh and Raipur. But there is no stoppage of the train at Bargarh Road, so that the BDRCS has started the agitation led by its president Pradeep Debata to halt the train at the railway station here.Around 500 people participated in the Rail Roko. Among others, Sambit Acharya, Sureswar Satpathy, Bargarh BJP youth wing President Nabakishore Panigrahi, Ashwini Sarangi and delegates of all political parties of the district took part in the agitation.