SER needs to have a division HQ in Odisha (possibly in Rourkela) as more than 22% (and growing) of its route kms lie in Odisha; and without a proper voice from Odisha SER has been neglecting and making blunders in Odisha (work in progress)
APPEAL to readers, Balasore, Balasore-Baripada-Rasgovindpur, Baripada - Bangiriposi (under constr.), Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Rupsa Jn - Baripada, SER, Sundergarh 38 Comments »Please help me fill the missing data in the table below. (The important data we need is the route kms for the red states in Column 2 as those states do not have a division HQ of that zone.)
Zones, Zone HQ (Route kms from page 13 of 2009-10 yearbook) | States where the zones lie (Route km break up) | Division HQs and states they lie in |
Central, Mumbai (3905) [wiki,home,map] | Maharashtra, Karnataka, MP. | Bhusawal, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Solapur (all Maharashtra) |
Eastern, Kolkata (2414) [wiki,home,No map] | West Bengal, Bihar | Asansol, Howrah, Malda, Sealdah (all West Bengal) |
East Central, Hazipur (3628) [wiki,home, No map] | Bihar, Jharkhand, UP | Danapur (Bihar), Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Mughalsarai (UP), Samastipur (Bihar), Sonpur (Bihar) |
ECOR, Bhubaneswar (2572) [wiki,home,map] | Odisha (1807.25), Chhatisgarh (268.50), AP (570.64)=2646.39 [from map] | Khurda Rd (Odisha), Sambalpur (Odisha), Visakhapatnam (AP) |
Northern, New Delhi (6968) [wiki,home,map] | Punjab, Delhi, UP, J & K, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Chandigarh | Ambala (Haryana), Delhi, Firozpur (Punjab), Lucknow (UP), Moradabad (UP) |
North Central, Allahabad (3151) [wiki,home,map] | UP, MP, Rajasthan, Haryana | Agra, Allahabad, Jhanshi (all UP) |
North Eastern, Gorakhpur (3667) [wiki,home] | UP, Uttaranchal, Bihar | Izzatnagar (UP), Lucknow (UP), Varanasi (UP) |
Northern Frontier, Guwahati (3907) [wiki,home,India map] | WB, Bihar, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh | Alipurdar (WB), Katihar (Bihar), Lumdig (Assam), Rangiya (Assam), Tinsukia (Assam) |
North Western, Jaipur (5459) [wiki,home,map] | Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, MP. | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur (all Rajasthan) |
Southern, Chennai (5098) [wiki,home] | Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry | Chennai (TN), Madurai (TN), Palghat (Kerala) Trichi (TN), Trivendrum (Kerala) |
South Central, Secunderabad (5803) [wiki,home,map] |
AP (4348.4), Maharashtra (1115.8), MP (70.2), Tamil Nadu (6.9), Karnataka (268.7) = 5810 |
Guntakal (AP), Guntur (AP), Hyderabad (AP), Nanded (Maha), Secunderabad (AP), Vijaywada (AP) |
SER, Kolkata (2631) [wiki,home] |
West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha (589+) 2004 data: West Bengal (894), Jharkhand (954), Odisha (574.6) = 2422.6 |
Adra (WB), Charadharpur (Jharkhand), Kharagpur (WB), Ranchi (Jharkhand) |
SE Central, Bilaspur (2447) [wiki,home,no map] |
Chhatisgrh (891.3), Maharashtra (662.3), Odisha (51.1), MP (792.5) = 2397.3 Total [From a 2005 map] But BG distribution is as follows: |
Bilaspur (Chhatisgarh), Raipur (Chhatisgarh), Nagpur (Maharashtra) |
South Western, Hubli (3177) [wiki,home,map] | Karnataka (2702.6), Andhra Pradesh (224.2), Tamil Nadu (174.3), Maharashtra (27.9), Goa (69.3) = 3198.3 [from map] | Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore (all Karnataka) |
Western, Mumbai (6182) [wiki,home,map] | Gujarat, Maharashtra, MP, Rajasthan. | Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maha), Ratlam (MP), Rajkot (Gujarat), Vadodara (Gujarat) |
West Central, Jabalpur (2965) [wiki,home,map] | MP, Rajasthan | Bhopal (MP), Jabalpur (MP), Kota (Rajasthan) |
Why it is important that SER have a division in Odisha?
- As we will show below SER, without a proper representation in Odisha, has badly messed up in Odisha.
- SER has neglected stations in Odisha. In particular, it has neglected Rourkela, the second largest metropolitan area of Odisha in many ways. For example, Rourkela is not in the list of world-class stations.
How has SER messed up in Odisha?
- The Rupsa-Bangiriposi conversion to broad gauge has been messed up badly. See page 8-9 of 2006-may-CAG report.
- Alignment of Jaleswar – Digha line.
- The dangling lines
- etc.
Having made the point that SER needs to have a division HQ in Odisha, the best location for such a division HQ would be Rourkela. It would of course need a reorganization of the current division break-up. Below we will give some suggestions on a possible reorganization.