Bhubaneswar:(ONT Bureau)11/2/17: The four year earlier plan of Bhubaneswar new railway station to be completed by end of the year 2016 has been extended and set a target towards the completion by May 2017. The said railway station would be coming up between Macheswar and Barang as a satellite station to the one at Master Canteen here in the city.
According to the plan, the Rs 50-crore project would have nine tracks and seven platforms along with two foot over bridges. But only four tracks have been completed. Floor work of platforms is yet to be finished.
As per official sources, construction of foot over bridges will take some time. Though work of station building, staff quarters and approach road is over, technical and mechanical work is yet to be executed.
