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CUTTACK: The Cuttack railway station on Tuesday became the third under the East Coast (ECoR) Railway zone to launch eco-friendly battery-operated car services for the elderly The services were earlier introduced in the Puri and Bhubaneswar railway stations.The four-seater car was donated by National Aluminium Company (Nalco) from its corporate social responsibility fund. "Two dedicated drivers have been deployed to provide round-the-clock service to passengers, " ECoR public relations officer Tapan Kumar said.Cuttack railway station sees a daily footfall of 14,000 passengers. The battery-operated car will be maintained by the railway authorities, he added. We hope more cars will be added to the station in the coming days," said P C Mohanty, an septuagenarian who travels through Cuttack regularly. It can carry passengers from the entrance of the station to the platforms..