PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, March 2: The second entry to Tatanagar railway station from the Burmamines-end became fully operational from Wednesday.
Even though the second entry was formally inaugurated on February 26, some work related to the ramp and the foot-over-bridge remained incomplete.
Railway officials said the work got completed today.
The purpose of the second entrance is to reduce congestion at the main entrance.
Work has resumed at the engineering wing of Tatanagar station to have a ramp and staircase to connect with the second entrance and the foot overbridge at the Chakradharpur-end of the station.
Coronavirus-induced restrictions had made it impossible for the work to be completed on time.
In the absence of a ramp and stairs, passengers were unable to avail the benefit of the second entrance to enter the platforms.
The abandoned overbridge which was dismantled paved the way for the new ramp and staircase.
Earlier, passengers used to buy tickets from counters at the second entrance need to walk through a passage along the station bridge before entering the platforms from the first entrance gate.
The second entrance will immensely benefit passengers coming from Sakchi, Golmuri, Baridih and Telco areas of steel city for boarding trains at Tatanagar railway station.
Around Rs 2 crore have been spent to develop the second entrance.
One of the busiest stations under Chakradharpur division, Tatanagar sees a daily traffic of 90 mail, express and passenger trains, besides an average daily footfall of 50,000 passengers.
