Six Limited Height Subways in Odisha

The railways launched six Limited Height Subways (LHS) in Odisha's Sambalpur division and completed them in a single block of four and half hours, officials said today.

With the launching of six LHSs yesterday, seven unmanned level crossing gates will be closed in Bhawanipatna-Lanjigarh Road Section of Kalahandi area of Odisha, East Coast Railway (ECoR) said in a statement today.

Launching of 6 LHSs in Sambalpur Division is a first of its kind not only in East Coast Railway, but also in the entire Indian Railways, it claimed.

When completion of one single LHS in a block of four hours is itself an achievement, completion of 6 LHSs within the same time frame was unheard of earlier, the statement claimed.