Gaurav Verma, alias Amit, the BJP Mandal President of Malviya Nagar in Gorakhpur, has requested the General Manager of the Northeast Railway to construct a bridge or underpass over the railway crossing gate near Gorakhpur's Cantt. Satellite Station. He highlighted that the crossing gate, which is used for access to the...
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station, remains closed for 5 minutes every time a train passes, leading to a 40-minute closure after multiple trains pass. Verma expressed concerns that this closure causes significant inconvenience to residents of nearby areas like Jhrana Tola, Gayatri Nagar, Uchchawa Tola, Teacher Colony, Dargahiya Tola, Jitpur Pawan Vihar, Simhasanpur, and Kodaiya Tola, as well as pedestrians. He further emphasized the difficulty in getting timely medical care for critical patients due to the prolonged closure of the crossing, hindering ambulances from reaching hospitals.