Bhubaneswar, Aug. 19 -- In what could be a boon for train passengers, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has okayed a proposal for running two independent trains between Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar and Bhubaneswar-Junagarh-Bhubaneswar.

Train no. 18437/18438 Bhubaneswar-Junagarh Road Express between Bhubaneswar & Junagarh Road and Train no. 18447/18448 Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express between Bhubaneswar and Jagdalpur, will soon run as separate services, sources said.

In view of the long-standing demands of the passengers travelling to and from southern Odisha districts, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan had urged the Rail Minister seeking the latter's personal intervention into the demand...