As per the directions of Ministry of Railways, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) will instal National Flags atop 100 feet tall poles at 26 stations over its jurisdiction in the current financial year.
Such monumental tricolour flags have already been installed at Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam. The proposed list includes 13 stations in Khurda Road Railway Division, seven in Waltair and six in Sambalpur Railway Division keeping in view good visibility, availability of space and other safety and security measures.
These stations include Puri, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Kendhujhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Khurda Road, Khurda Town, Nayagarh Town, Brahmapur,
Chhatrapur and Paradip in Khurda Road Railway Division, Sambalpur, Bargarh Road, Balangir, Nawapada Road, Bhawanipatna and Mahasamund in Sambalpur Division and Koraput, Rayagada, Paralakhmundi, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram, Jagadalpur and Dantewada in Waltair Railway Division.
