Congress presents its rail wishlist to Mamata Banerjee
Senior Congress leader Manas Bhuniya has urged Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee to ensure better railway links in East and West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts.

“I take the opportunity to draw your attention regarding some long-pending demands and railway projects of our state for your kind consideration and help. I also request you to kindly recall different projects announced and initiated by you during your tenure as Railway Minister for the state,” Bhuniya wrote in a letter to Banerjee. Among the many services that Bhuniya has asked for are train link between Jhargram and Purulia and booking centres at Panskura, Mecheda and Kolaghat stations for farmers in the area who send betel nut leaves, vegetables and flowers to far-off places.

Other suggestions by the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in the state Assembly are railway tracks from Panskura to Arambag via Ghatal, extension of the Digha-Tamluk railway line to Balasore via Chandeshwar to connect West Bengal and Orissa, a terminal at Balichak station, over bridge at Puri gate and modernisation of the railway hospital at Kharagpur.

Bhuniya said that he would meet Railway Minister and even Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to see the areas deprived of railway links get access to railway connectivity.