The Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has appointed Tarun Vijay, Rajya Sabha MP for BJP from Uttarakhand, as Railway Brand Ambassador for the hill state he represents in the Parliament. The recognition came after Vijay has provided Rs one crore from MPlAD fund for passenger facilities for stations located in Uttarakhand to Rail minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday at Rail Bhawan. The minister applauded Vijay’s gesture. later the minister summoned Railway officials and declared him Brand Ambassador for Railways for Uttarakhand
In a first of such gestures, Tarun Vijay has provided top class steel benches for Hardwar, Dehradun, Haldwani, Kathgodam, Rishikesh and Doiwala stations. Besides, he also proposed to provide night halt modern halls to accommodate two thousand passengers that is now waiting for approval from the Rail ministry. He also pledged to develop Jwalapur and Moti Chur stations as satellite stations for Hardwar to ease passenger/ traffic pressure on Hardwar. This aside, he has proposed Harrawala to be made an alternate station for Dehradun- a move the Railway minister promised to consider seriously.