Union Minister State for Energy Jyotiraditya Scindia said, “I have come to you with another gift. Whenever somebody comes to meet his men he never comes empty-handed.”Scindia was speaking at a function after giving green signal to the weekly express train Gwalior-Pune on plate form no: 4 while addressing the audience.
Mayor Sameeksha Gupta presided over the programme.Scindia said since Pune is connected with people of Gwalior, thus it had become necessary to connect Gwalior with Pune. The journey from Gwalior to Pune is long and people some time did not get reservation of seats.
“Keeping this in view, I insisted the railway minister to give this train for Gwalior. At present it is weekly train, but with the increasing the number of passengers it round would be increased,” he added.
On the occasion of Mayor congratulated Gwalior citizens for getting a new train. She said that the development is continuous process and she was always ready to work for development rising above the party politics.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Naveen Chopra said that the regular running of the train would start from March 1.
The train would start on Saturday from Gwalior and Monday from Pune. After giving green signal, Scindia boarded the train with some Congress leaders and reporters upto Shivpuri. MlA Imarti Devi, lakhan Singh Yadav and other senior leaders were present on the stage.