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Three more Vande Bharat Express trains will run through Odisha from September 15

Bhubaneswar:10/9/24: At least three more Vande Bharat Express trains will run through Odisha from September 15, the East Coast Railway said on Tuesday. The new trains that will run through Odisha are Tata-Berhampur, Rourkela-Howrah, and Durg-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express. These three are among the 10 such trains scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.

ECoR General Manager Parmeshwar Funkwal Tuesday met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the Odisha Legislative Assembly Chamber and handed him a special invitation by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to attend the Vande Bharat Train flag-off ceremony at Berhampur on September 15.

With the addition of these new trains, Odisha will have a total of six Vande Bharat trains, improving the state’s railway infrastructure. The central government has allocated a record Rs 10,586 crore for this purpose in the recent budget, with ongoing projects worth Rs 54,434 crore.

CM Majhi thanked Railway Minister Vaishnaw for the invitation, acknowledging the central government’s support for Odisha’s railway development.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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