Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday urged the Centre to introduce a Shatabdi Express train between Bhubaneswar-Rourkela via Jharsuguda.
In a letter to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Patnaik said "I would ... request that a Shatabdi Express be introduced between Bhubaneswar and Rourkela via Jharsuguda as Jharsuguda is a major industrial hub in western Odisha whereas the Steel city of Rourkela is the 2nd smart city of the state ..."
He said "... Odisha is the biggest contributor of revenues to Indian Railways in the freight sector, the passenger growth too has been much higher than the national average."
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