Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.

Focusing on the growing importance of Vani Vihar and Lingaraj Temple Halts as serving satellite stations to the main Bhubaneswar Station, East Coast Railway has provided improved amenities at the station for the benefit of commuters.

The halts have been improved with full length for stoppage of longest trains, improved waiting halls, granite benches, pipe water supply, decongested circulating areas and facelift to both the passenger halts. ECoR general manager SS Khurana, accompanied by other high railway officials, inspected these passenger halts on Saturday.

The largest works to be completed in the current financial year are foot over-bridge at Lingaraj halt, elevating passenger halt level from rail level to high level at Vani Vihar, extension of high-level platform at Lingaraj and providing an ATM counter at both halts.

New Indian express also reports on this with the headline: “Passenger halts to be upgraded to suburban stations.”