Mamata flags off first ladies' spl EMU - News

Flagging off the country's first ladies' special train, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the 'ball has started rolling' for implementation of her all budgetary proposals and it would reap a 'golden harvest' making the railway a tool for the nation's development.

Announcing deadline for implementation of several of the projects -- all in the next month-- she said three of the 12 'Duranto' trains would start running and the faster parcel service would commence some time in August.

Work for Panskura-Kharagpur third line in West Bengal was also slated to begin on August 9, while the extended service of metro from Garia station would start on August 23.

''A massive programme for work will continue. The ball has started rolling. It will reap a golden harvest and change people's life,'' she said.

''The first three 'Duranto' trains will start running non stop between Delhi-Pune, Mumbai-Howrah and Howrah-Delhi with a speed two hours faster than Rajdhani Express. But the passengers will have to pay a fair lower than Rajdhani. Everything in regard to running the train is almost ready. Only the coaches are yet to be painted,'' she said.

The first parcel service, the Railway Minister said, would start between Tughalakabad-Howrah, Tughalakabad-Chennai and Tughalakabad-Mumbai.

Ms Banerjee was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy, Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sisir Adhikari and Union Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed, besides the General Managers of both Eastern and South-Eastern Railways while making the announcements at the Howrah station.

The ladies' special passenger train between Howrah and Bandel stations would start running twice a day from tomorrow in the peak office hours to cater to the needs of office going women and girl students. Ms Banerjee promised that a similar train would be introduced in the Sealdah-Kalyani section of the Eastern Railway once adequate rakes were arranged.

-- (UNI) -- 19CA17.xml

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