A review meeting of various railway projects was held at the Jharsuguda Circuit House under the chairmanship of Health Minister and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das on Wednesday.  The meeting was attended by Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari, SER  Chakradharpur Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Vijay Kumar Sahu and CE Railway and other high level officers.   On behalf of the district administration, Collector Saroj Kumar Samal, SP Bikash Chandra Das, Sub-Collector, Executive Officer, municipality officers, Tehsildar and other officers attended.  Minister Das laid stress in the meeting for early construction of a new Jharsuguda railway station and proposed to give permission to the Jharsuguda municipality for undertaking welfare projects in Wards-23 and 24, otherwise railway should take up these works itself.  He requested the railway authorities to convene another meeting for other welfare projects. MP Pujari and Minister Das assured to work together for these projects.

DRM Sahu assured Das and Pujari that a new Jharsuguda railway station would be developed soon and it would become an ultramodern station within two years on a 70,000-square-meter land at a cost of Rs 70 crore to Rs 80 crore.The DRM assured that the railway authorities would immediately give approval to any welfare projects undertaken by the Jharsuguda Municipality.  Besides, a discussion was also held for initiating a tender process for construction of Chowkipara railway over-bridge and Ghanashyam Hemlata ROB and in coming days.