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Bhubaneswar: New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express is donning a new look with depiction of Orissan art and culture. The train which will have branding of Odisha is expected to be flagged off sometime in the mid-October.

For branding the train, the Odisha-based Central PSU Nalco and the East Coast Railway had signed an agreement recently.

The paintings of Orissan art of Pattachitra, tourism places, classical dance and folk dace will adorn the bogies of the Rajadhani Express.

Union mines, coal and parliamentary affairs minister Prahallad Joshi and union petroleum and steel minister Dharmendra Pradhan will flag off the train from New Delhi.