Two day visit of Minister for Railways at Balasore, Jaleswar, Kharagpur & Kolkata
Kolkata: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India visited Balasore, Jaleswar, Kharagpur and Kolkata during his two day visit on 20.06.2023 and 21.06.2023 and attended various programmes.
On the 1st day of his visit at Bahanaga Bazar Station near Balasore, Shri Vaishnaw met the first responders at accident site, local people, villagers, members of NGOs etc. He interacted with them and appreciated their effort to save the lives of many passengers.
Later, in the afternoon Shri Vaishnaw held a meeting with State & District Administration at Balasore. Thereafter, he visited the Balasore Hospital and expressed his gratitude to the entire Medical Team comprising of doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, supporting staff and others.
He praised their untiring service immediately after the accident and afterwards for treatment of the accident victims. In the evening, Shri Vaishnaw held a meeting with the members of the Chamber of Commerce. He also reviewed the redevelopment plan of Balasore Station and discussed some developmental measures.
On 21.06.2023, on his 2nd day of visit, he participated in a programme at Permit Field Ground, Balasore, to celebrate the International Day of Yoga. Around 7,000 yoga enthusiasts took part in the celebration along with the Railway Minister and Pratap Chandra Sarangi, MP, Balasore.
Later, Railway Minister inspected the station re-development works at Jaleswar under āAmrit Bharat Station Schemeā and conducted Section Inspection between Jaleswar and Kharagpur. He also inspected the station re-development works at Kharagpur under āAmrit Bharat Station Schemeā and conducted Section Inspection between Kharagpur and Howrah. The Minister also inspected the Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) System at Kharagpur.
After reaching Kolkata, Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the Underground Metro under construction of East West Metro Project on 21.06.2023.
Later in the evening, Minister for Railways held a high level meeting with the General Managers and Principal Heads of the Departments of South Eastern Railway, Eastern Railway and Metro Railway to review the performance of the zones at Fairlie Place, Kolkata.
Ms. Archana Joshi, General Manager, South Eastern Railway informed the Minister for Railways about the various developmental initiatives taken by South Eastern Railway viz. progress of oĀngoing projects, redevelopment of stations and other passenger amenities. Shri Vaishnaw has also reviewed the safety aspects with General Manager and emphasized on strengthening of safety measures.
Photo Caption: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Railways inspecting the Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) System at Kharagpur on 21.06.2023.