Union Government sanctions train between Ferozepur-Chandigarh

* The daily updown train to start from February 11, Kamal Sharma had
raised this issue with Centre

Chandigarh, Repeated efforts made by state BJP chief Sh Kamal Sharma to start daily train between Ferozepur-Chandigarh has materialized with Centre sanctioning the train that would run between the two cities from February 11.

Disclosing this in a statement issued from party headquarters here, Sh Sharma, while thanking the Union Government for fulfilling this long pending demand of the border areas and Malwa region, said that this train would boost the commercial prospectus on the region despite providing a big relief for the daily commuters.

Sh Sharma disclosed that trial run of this train would be done on February 9 and 10 and the formal start of the train would be done from February 11.

Union Railway Minister of State, Sh Manoj Sinha informed Sh Kamal Sharma about the start of this train last day.

Sh Sharma stated that the train would start from Ferozepur in the morning at 7:30 am and would reach Chandigarh via Talwandi, Moga, Jagraon, Ludhiana, Samrala and Mohali. Similary, this train would return to Ferozepur in the evening and reach the city at 9:30 pm.

Notably, the state BJP chief, who hails from Ferozepur has played key role in the start of this train by taking up the issue with former Union Minister of Railways Sadanand Gowda few months back and has also raised this demand before present Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu.

State BJP chief, while thanking Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi and Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, said that earlier there was no direct train connecting Ferozepur to Chandigarh and sanctioning of this train would prove as a big relief for the people of this region and expected to boom the trade.

Starting of this train is a big achievement and showed that BJP led government at the Centre is very kind to fulfill demands of the people of Punjab, said Sharma.