Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday rolled out a schedule for the religious pilgrimage through trains from various locations of the State to religious sacred places situated across the country.
Finalising the schedule during a meeting, the Deputy Chief Minister said the State Government would provide free of cost and comfortable journey to religious places of all faiths.
He said the pilgrimages would begin from January 1 next year with first train being flagged off for Nanded Sahib from Amritsar railway station for the pilgrims belonging to Attari and Majitha constituencies. For Talwandi Sabo and Maur constituencies, second train would be flagged off from Maur railway station on January 4.
Similarly, for Sri Anandpur Sahib and Ropar constituencies, the train would depart from Sri Anandpur Sahib on January 8 whereas for Jandiala and Khadoor Sahib constituencies, pilgrims would board train from Jandiala on January 11. Train for Samana and Nabha constituencies would leave from Patiala on January 15. Train for Dera Baba Nanak and Fatehgarh Churian would depart from Batala on January 18.
Train for Sri Muktsar Sahib and Jalalabad constituencies would leave from Sri Muktsar Sahib on January 22 while the train for Kartarpur would leave from Beas station on January 25. For Bholath constituency, train would leave from Dhilwan station on January 25.
Badal said for the pilgrims intending to go to Varanasi, train would leave Bathinda station on January 18 while for Doaba region, it would depart from Jalandhar station on January 20 and for pilgrims from Malerkotla intending to go to Ajmer Sharif, the train would leave Malerkotla station on January 27.