Restore Udyan Abha Toofan Mail: MP
Raj Sadosh
Abohar, August 2
While successive members of Lok Sabha from the Ferozepur constituency observed a studded silence on an important issue for a long time, INDIA block Member of Parliament from Sriganganagar Kuldeep Indora today demanded the restoration of the 13007-13008 Udyan Abha Toofan Mail train, which was suspended due to the pandemic in 2020. He presented his demand during the discussion on the railway budget in Parliament.
The train was inaugurated by then Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar in 1980 to link Sriganganagar to Delhi via Abohar and was later extended to Howrah in West Bengal.
The train facilitated travel to seven states. Dozens of non-government organisations have submitted memoranda to successive divisional railway managers (DRMs) and general managers (Northern Railway) in the past, but no concrete solution was provided.
Indora, who has roots in Abohar too, said the suspension of the Udyan Abha Express train by the Eastern Railway had affected thousands of people travelling to and from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and other states. He said no alternate train was provided. He demanded to run the 12333-12334 Vibhuti Express in its place.
Slamming the Railways for ignoring the Sriganganagar constituency in the railway budget, he said Sriganganagar is near the India-Pakistan border and shares borders with Punjab and Haryana.
He also said the number of coaches in train 14815-14816 running between Sriganganagar and Rishikesh via Abohar needs to be increased.
Suggesting trains such as the Vande Bharat and Shatabdi Express from Sriganganagar to New Delhi and Jaipur, he said it would benefit farmers and traders. He said the fare of the weekly train from Sriganganagar to Guwahati was high and it should run daily as it would benefit the armed forces. He demanded a direct train from Sriganganagar to Ramdevra.
Member of Parliament Indora said the Delhi Tilak Bridge train to Sriganganagar should be extended to Anoopgarh and a separate train should be started from Anoopgarh to Amritsar because a large number of Sikh devotees were having difficulty travelling to the religious destination.
