Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 13: To make the travel of Haridwar pilgrims more comfortable and easier, the Railways are running a special train from Jammu to religious pilgrimage centre of Haridwar on weekly basis from tomorrow.
The decision was taken by Union Government led by Narendra Modi on the persistent demand of MPs from the State including Union Minister in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh, Jugal Kishore Sharma and Shamsher Singh Manhas because the pilgrims from the State visiting Haridwar were facing many difficulties as only one train was linking the two stations till date which could not cater to the rush of pilgrims.
The train will be flagged off by Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu from Mumbai through video conferencing tomorrow while Dr Jitendra Singh who will be the gust of honour will flag off it at Baroda House, New Delhi and in Jammu Speaker State Assembly, Kavinder Gupta, senior BJP leader and MP (LS) Jugal Kishore Sharma and MP (RS) and former State president of the Party Shamsher Singh Manhas will flag-off it at Jammu Railway Station.
The train will leave Jammu at 22.10 pm on Sunday and reach Haridwar on 10.25 am on Monday. Its departure time from Haridwar will be 17.10 hours on Monday and reach Jammu on 04-00 hours on Tuesday every week.
Claiming that the Union Government has conceded the genuine and popular demand of the people of the State which had been continuously projected by him and as a result, the Railway Ministry has decided to run a regular weekly train between Jammu and Haridwar every Sunday to ease the public rush and provide more travel facilities to the Hindu pilgrims, BJP senior leader and MP, Jugal Kishore Sharma said that it is yet another gift of the Modi Government to the people of this State.
Addressing a press conference here at Trikuta Nagar Party headquarters today, Jugal said that the new train shall be flagged off by Union Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu, from Mumbai on August 14 through video conferencing and he himself will be at Jammu Railway Station to flag it off.
Jugal Kishore Sharma said that the current session of Parliament remained useful as bills related to GST, IIT, NEET were passed and added that starting of IIT classes in Jammu is a land mark achievement. He said that the session also passed the bill pertaining six month maternity leave with full pay has also been a major decision of the NDA Government.
Jugal Kishore Sharma, who will be leading “Tiranga Yatra” in his Parliamentary Constituency which will commence from Trikuta Nagar office of the party on August 15, said that the motive of the Yatra is to educate the people about the significance of Independence and induce a sense of patriotism in them. He also said that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and MoS, Dr. Jitendra Singh will be visiting Smailpur, the birth place of Pt. Premnath Dogra on August 21, where they will be paying their tributes to the former President of Praja Parishad and Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
The MP also announced that an amount of Rs. 249 crore has been sanctioned by the Union government to materialize the mega project of construction of Indri Pattanto -Pargwal bridge over river Chenab to serve as a link between Pargwal and Jourian, which was decades old demand of the people of the area, who had been suffering a lot in absence of a dependable mean of transport.
Advising the opposition parties not to play politics on the name of Dalits, Jugal said that the PM Narendra Modi has expressed grave concern over reported atrocities on this section of the society and assured that the members of this community are equal and inseparable part of the Indian society and anyone inflicting atrocities on them would be dealt with a strong hand.
BJP State Secretary Sanjay Baru and State spokesperson Balbir Ram Rattan were also present in the press conference.
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