Railways-Odisha govt to develop Bhubaneswar station as a multi-modal transport hub

East Coast Railway, under the aegis of Ministry of Railways, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government of Odisha in New Delhi for development of Bhubaneswar station as a multi-model transport hub.  

Under this MoU, Bhubaneswar station will be redeveloped as a multi-modal transport hub, jointly by the Ministry of Railways and Government of Odisha. The multi-modal hub is expected to be completed in three years. There will be new terminal building for Railway station, city bus terminal, public car parking and other allied public utilities. They will also jointly do land development and build air concourse connecting on both sides of the Railway station.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in a statement said that the focus of Indian Railways is to improve the infrastructure to make it on a par with world-class facilities. The minister said that he was happy that the Government of Odisha has come forward to collaborate with the Ministry of Railways to develop Bhubaneswar as a multi-modal hub.

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan said that the citizens of Bhubaneswar would be benefited from this project and it could become a hub for tourism in the area. The Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik hailed the Railway Ministry for coming forward to develop the project. He said that it will be a world-class multi modal transport hub and could be a first-of-its-kind in the country. Naveen Patnaik, Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan joined the MoU signing ceremony through video conferencing.