Bhubaneswar: Odisha government and East Coast Railway will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for development of Bhubaneswar Railway Station Multi-Modal Hub, said an official on Wednesday.
Divisional Railway Manager of Khurda Road Railway Division Sashikant Singh will sign the MoU with Vice Chairman, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA).
The MoU will be signed on Thursday in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and senior ministers and officials of the state.
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to be present at New Delhi are Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal, Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will be on Video conference link from Bhubaneswar.
The railway station will be completely overhauled to develop a multi-modal hub. The existing station building will be demolished and an aesthetically designed multi-storey iconic building with the station at the ground floor will come up.
Area adjoining Bhubaneswar Railway station is proposed for development as Railway Station Multimodal Hub (RSMH) Project under Smart City Mission of Govt. of India. This project is being taken up by the Odisha government through the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA).
Under the Bhubaneswar Railway Station Multi-Modal Hub, a new terminal building for the railway station, city bus terminal, public car park, dedicated pickup and drop off lanes for taxi, auto-rickshaws and other vehicles would be developed.
Besides, theatre plaza, art plaza and children's plaza along with food courts will come up.
The Bhubaneswar Development Authority and East Coast Railways would develop the Bhubaneswar Railway Station Multi-Modal Hub.
The new station building and the two new railway lines with platforms will be developed in an integrated manner over the land belonging to Railways and Govt. of Odisha. The proposed building will have G + 5 floors of which G+2 floors will be earmarked for the use by Railways. The area earmarked for Railways will be 1.74 lakh sqft.
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Railways will invest Rs 70 crores (approx) including the construction of two additional lines with one platform, full covershed, extension of FOB and all modern passenger amenities etc.
Government of Odisha will invest Rs. 60 crores (approx) for construction of the new Station Building having G+2.

SAMBALPUR: The Sambalpur Railway Division has earned the top spot for
performance among all 68 railway divisions of the country for August. The
Ratlam Railway Division of Western Railways secured the second place
and the Guntakal Railway Division of Southern Central Railways registered
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third spot.
The performance of the divisions was based on Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) — a set of 55 criteria including mobility, safety,
punctuality, infrastructure development and finance. The Railway Board
evaluated the divisions and announced the results on Monday.
While the Sambalpur division, established in 1990, topped the list by securing 73.2 marks out of a total of 80 on the combined
KPIs, the Ratlam division scored 73.1 and the Guntakal division got 72.1.
The Sambalpur division had performed well even in April, May and June, when it had been placed second. In July, it had come
third.
Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Sambalpur, Jaideep Gupta, expressed happiness at the achievement and complimented the
staff. “This is the first time the Sambalpur Railway Division came first in performance,” he said at an event on ‘Swachhata Hi
Seva’ here on Monday.
Gupta also said the division would undertake various activities during the Swachhata Pakhwada drive from September 16 to
September 30, including awareness programmes, seminars and workshops, competitions among schoolchildren, initiatives to
make stations plastic-free, intensive inspection of trains to ensure on-board cleanliness.