Bhubaneswar, Oct. 24 -- The Khurda Road Division of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has planned to operate 13 pairs of special trains to various destinations across the country to cater to the festive rush, facilitating travel for more than 2.5 lakh passengers.
Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Infrastructure) Subhrajyoti Mandal, who monitored passenger movement at Khurda Road Station, said that several initiatives have been undertaken to ensure smooth, safe, and comfortable journeys during the Puja season.
Mandal informed that special focus has been given to managing the heavy rush of passengers traveling towards Dhanbad and Patna (Bihar), Yesvantpur (Karnataka), Udhna (Gujarat), Nizamuddin (Delhi), Shalimar and Sealdah (West Bengal),...