The Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnav, on Friday inaugurated the Visakhapatnam-Koraput-Visakhapatnam Daily Passenger Special as part of her one-day visit to Odisha. Earlier Vaishnav visited Malkangiri district by road, inaugurated various central government projects and reviewed the progress of Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam rail line project.
The 173.41 km long rail line will be constructed at a cost of Rs 2800 crore. The survey work will be completed by June.
He also took stock of the proposed Junagadh-Nabarangpur, Nabarangpur-Jaipur-Malkangiri railway projects.
In a press conference, Vaishnav said that the Malkangiri Railway project will be extended from Malkangiri to Bhadrachalam and a new link from Nabarangpur to Junagadh will be prepared.
“These railway projects were long standing demands of the local people. I have discussed various issues related to development projects,” Vaishnav said.
Tributes to the great freedom fighter martyr Laxman Naik.
— ashwini vaishnav (@ashwini vaishnav) 22 April 2022
The minister said that the central government will soon install 4,000 mobile towers at various places in Odisha.
He said, ‘There is a clear instruction from the Prime Minister that not a single village in Odisha should be deprived of mobile connectivity. More than 800 mobile towers are to be installed in Koraput and Malkangiri districts.
Earlier, the Minister inaugurated a post office building and upgraded Anla Sub-Post Office at Malkanagiri Head Post Office.
The Vaishnavites were accorded a grand welcome by the tribal leaders, in which the minister participated in their traditional dance.
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