IBNlive, April 4, 2011
Bhubaneswar, Apr 4 (PTI) Demanding establishment of the proposed rail wagon factory in backward Kalahandi district, Congress MLA Gobardhan Dash today launched a dharna in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the premises of the Orissa Assembly.Dash, a MLA from Junagarh segment in Kalahandi district, raised the issue in the zero hour before walking out of the assembly in protest.Accusing the state government of "misleading" the house by stating that no suitable land was found near railway track in Kalahandi to house the proposed wagon factory, the Congress first time MLA said, "I will launch a sit on dharna near Gandhiji's statue." While the state government could arrange land for Vedanta and other industries in Kalahandi, it was "sad" to say that it failed to get required land for a rail wagon factory, Dash told reporters at the dharna site.The Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2010-11 budget had announced to set up a rail wagon factory in KBK (Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput) region. However, the project was yet to come up because the state government failed to arrange a land for the purpose, he alleged.State transport and commerce minister Sanjeev Sahoo while replying to a bugetary debate last month had informed the house that the government identified Santipalli near Berhampur town in Ganjam district, for setting up the proposed rail wagon factory.Alleging that the state government deprived Kalahandi a rail wagon factory on political consideration as the ruling BJD was rejected by the people in the last elections, Dash said vast vacant fields were availble for the pupose.Meanwhile, Railway minister Banerjee had assured Orissa MP Bhakta Charan Das that the Railway ministry had no hesitation to sanction another rail wagon factory for Kalahandi if land was provided by the state government. PTI AAM
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