JEYPORE: Their nine years of fight has borne fruit with the East Coast Railways announcing extension of Hirakhand Express up to Jagdalpur via Jeypore from December 18. The people of South Odisha and KBK backed by several political parties, student organisations, social organisations of Koraput, Malkangiri, Ganjam and Nabarangpur districts have been demanding extension of Hirakhand Express from Koraput to Jeypore station.
They had even staged agitations in Visakhapatnam , Bhubaneswar and Delhi
However, it was not possible to extend the train service to Jeypore station due to nonavailability of necessary facilities for arrival and departure of trains. Recently the locals of Jagdalpur also staged an agitation over the demand which was taken seriously by the Government, as Jagdalpur has all facilities to accommodate passenger trains.
Source: The New Indian Express
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