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| Railways saves crores, President travels by people’s transport | | Prez Kovind orders discontinuation of Presidential Saloon train | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 25: President Ram Nath Kovind has set an example by ordering to discontinue the service of the Presidential Saloon—a special train meant exclusively for the President to travel—this move has saved crores of rupees.
According to the details available with Early Times the President’s move has saved the exchequer crores of rupees that were utilized annually in the making and maintenance of the Saloon.
Officials said that as the as the country has entered into the post COVID-19 resurgence and rebuilding mode Indian Railways had requested the President to travel by the people’s transport.
“A special train service was run for his excellency to travel from Delhi to his native village. This move will be a great morale booster for the Railwaymen who have diligently given their services throughout the difficult pandemic times. This will also help to encourage and build confidence amongst the people to use the trains to travel for business, tourism and other purposes to different parts of the country,” said a Railway official.
He said that the special Presidential train will make two stop-overs, at Jhinjhak and Rura of Kanpur Dehat, where the President will interact with people known to him.
“On June 28, the President will board the train at Kanpur Central railway station to reach Lucknow for his two-day visit to the state capital. On June 29, he will return to New Delhi,” the official added.
He said that the President Kovind commenced his journey to Kanpur on a special Presidential train from Delhi Safdarjung railway station on Friday. Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal, Chairman and CEO of Railway Board Suneet Sharma, General Manager Northern Railway, Ashutosh Gangal, Divisional Railway Manager, Delhi Division SC Jain and other senior officials of Railway Board and Northern Railway were present on the station on this occasion. MR thanked the President for using Railways for his journey and expressed that post-pandemic vast Indian Railways network will help the country to regain its economic glory very soon.
The President will be visiting his native place Paraunkh, Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh. This is the first time that the President will be visiting his birthplace after taking over his present assignment. |
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