MPs demand more trains from Bihar
Ashwini Vaishnaw
on Wednesday and demanded direct Gaya-Surat and Gaya-Delhi trains. He also demanded a daily run of the Udhna-Danapur Express.
He also demanded a Vande Bharat sleeper train from Gaya to New Delhi.
The BJP MP said the railway minister assured him that he would consider his demands sympathetically.
JD(U) national executive president and MP Sanjay Kumar Jha also wrote a letter to the minister requesting an increase in the number of special trains to Bihar during the festival season.
Singh, in the letter submitted to the minister, stated that more than 5 lakh migrant workers from Bihar live in Surat city of Gujarat.
They want to return home on festivals and other occasions. But due to the absence of any direct train from Gaya to Surat, they have to face difficulties.
Singh also said Gaya is a major religious place where lakhs of devotees from all over the country reach to perform Pind daan during Pitripaksha. "A large number of devotees also come there from Gujarat. So, a direct train will benefit both the migrants and the devotees," he said.
Singh also mentioned that the Udhna-Danapur Express operates only twice a week. He specifically requested that a Vande Bharat sleeper train should also have a stop at Anugrah Narayan Road (Aurangabad) station, so that the officials and employees of NTPC and the railways can also travel conveniently to Delhi.
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