(v)Need to Introduce direct trains from Bareilly to. Bombay and South India

[Translation]

SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR (Bareilly):Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Bareilly is a major industrial metropolis of Uttar Pradesh but there is no train service either for Bombay or for the Southern part of the country from here. Moreover the various trains passing through Bareilly does not have adequate reservation quota from Bareilly. As a result of it the passengers at Bareilly station have to face a great inconvenience. I urge upon the hon. Railway Minister to introduce trains between Bareilly and Bombay and the Southern parts of India.

The reservation quota should also be increased in all the trains passing through Bareilly.

(Vi) Need for early clearance to thermal Power Stations at Kharagprasad and Durgapur in Dhenkanal district Orissa

[English]

SHRI K.P. SINGH DEO (Dhenkanal): Sir, the State of Orissa is facing severe power crisis and is affected by power-cot every day.

While power deficit is the main factor for the power crisis, the unplanned power-cut for several hours, both during day and night, has added to the misery of the people. Due to this, the people remain confined to houses and the students are not able to study. The farmers in Orissa do not get electricity for irrigation. Industries are 206 Matters under Rule 377

falling sick due to shortage of electricity. Rural electrification has not made much progress in that State as compared to other States.

In order to remove the power crisis, it is essentialto take immediate steps to generate additional power in the State., The proposal to set up several power stations in the State, including the coal-based thermal power station at Kharagprasad and Durgapur in Dhenkanal district, has been appending since long. I request the Central Government to clear these two thermal power plants immediately and set up during the current financial'year.