BJD protests agsinst centre's "apathy"

Workers stage sit-in at the Berhampur railway station

PTI | March 7, 2011



Accusing the Centre of neglecting Orissa in rail budegt, BJD workes today staged a dharna (sit-in) in front of the railway station here.

Organised by the youth wing of BJD's Ganjam district unit, senior BJD leaders including party?s district unit President Subash Moharana, Zilla Parishad Chairman Kamaraju Sethi, Chairman, Berhampur Development Authority (BDA) and President, district?s youth wing Kailash Rana took part in the agitation.

"Though the state government had sought an allocation of Rs 2085-crore in the railway sector for the next financial year, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee allocated only Rs 1168 crore to the state in the budget 2011-12. With this meagre amount, the ongoing railway projects in the state are unlikely to be completed on time," they said.

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