Kirti Azad, MP from Bardhaman–Durgapur, on Thursday warned that he would have the half-built foot overbridge at Bardhaman railway station demolished, criticising Eastern Railway for the “extremely disappointing” pace of work.
Kirti Azad
Kirti Azad, MP from Bardhaman–Durgapur, on Thursday warned that he would have the half-built foot overbridge at Bardhaman railway station demolished, criticising Eastern Railway for the “extremely disappointing” pace of work.
Azad said the old British-era over bridge had been dismantled four years ago to make way for a new flyover, with assurances that a footbridge for commuters ~ particularly pedestrians ~ would be completed swiftly. However, the structure remains unfinished. He also referred to a parliamentary mention he made on 10 December and a letter from the Railway Minister, which he described as misleading.
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“There is no point in leaving an incomplete bridge; we will have it demolished if the railway authorities do not act immediately,” Azad said at a Press conference.
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He also accused the central government of pursuing anti-people policies and alleged that a large pond near Ward No. 4 had been filled in by railway authorities in the name of station development.
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