The Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways has written to the state authorities of West Bengal over not being knowledgeable of the proposed inauguration of a rail over bridge at Kamarkundu in Hooghly district by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, for the event of which it spent the lion’s share, a railway official was quoted saying in a PTI report. On Friday at 3 PM, the West Bengal CM is scheduled to inaugurate the Kamarkundu rail over bridge from Bajemelia in Singur block, in line with a senior official of the Hooghly district. Arrangements have already been made for the programme, the official mentioned.
According to a railway official, the Eastern Railway zone has supplied Rs 26.7 crore of the entire Rs 44.86 crore value of the mission, whereas the West Bengal state authorities’s share was Rs 18.16 crore. The Eastern Railways’ share for the rail over bridge at Kamarkundu in Hoogly district is 60 per cent, whereas that of the West Bengal authorities is 40 per cent, he mentioned. The official mentioned that the Eastern Railway has written to the West Bengal authorities over the zone not being knowledgeable of the proposed inauguration of the rail over bridge, the size of which is sort of a kilometre. Earlier, the Eastern Railway zone had written to the West Bengal authorities proposing a date for the inauguration of the rail over bridge however had been knowledgeable that the CM could be a part of the programme, he mentioned.
Meanwhile, an announcement has been issued by the Eastern Railway zone saying that for the comfort of the railway passengers in addition to to facilitate the reserving of prepare tickets for the following Puja festivals 2022, all Satellite Reservation Offices over Howrah Division will stay open for the general public on these Sundays i.e. 05 June 2022, 12 June 2022, 19 June 2022, 26 June 2022 and 03 July 2022 (solely morning shift).
Source: www.financialexpress.com”