Bhubaneswar : East Coast Railway (ECoR) Saturday clarified that Railway Electrification office at Bhubaneswar has been shifted to Bangalore for its new assigned works in Karnataka.
It is a part of reorganisation of Central Organisation of Railway Electrification (CORE) by merging and transferring of its Chief Project Director (CPD) jurisdiction of Railway Electrification (RE) Units in different parts of the country, a release from ECoR said.
The clarification came in the wake of widespread resentment in Odisha on the decision of the Railway ministry to shift the CORE office from Bhubaneswar to Bangalore.
The railways have initiated reorganisation of Central Organisation of Railway Electrification (CORE) by merging and transferring of its CPD jurisdiction of Railway Electrification (RE) Units in different parts of the country. And in the process, some of the projects have been transferred to such units that are viable as per administrative and technical point of view.
Similarly, some projects have been decided to be merged and shifted the set ups of CPD as their works have been completed.
The Railway Electrification office at Bhubaneswar has been shifted to Bangalore for its new assigned works in Karnataka.
The works assigned to RE Bhubaneswar for electrification of Azimganj-New Farakka line in Bengal have been shifted to Danapur in Bihar for better monitoring of ongoing projects, there.
Similarly, the assigned works for RE/Secunderabad have been shifted to RE/Chennai for better monitoring of ongoing works. Apart from this, RE Establishment at New Jalpaigudi has been shifted to Guwahati.
In view of the above, the restructuring is done for better monitoring of the projects.
Railway Electrification Units at Bhubaneswar and Kolkata have been decided to be closed after March 31, 2019.
The ECoR sources said it is not the first time that RE has closed down any of its offices. Various projects like Ranchi, Mathura and Kota have been closed down in past.
Hence, the staff and officers of RE Organization posted in Bhubaneswar and Kolkata will be allowed to continue till current academic session. Thereafter they will be adjusted as per their choice to the maximum extent possible.