Congress MP from ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu, in a letter to the Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gawda, has demanded to start new trains to connect ludhiana to other cities directly.
Keeping in mind the sentiments of people from the Sikh community, Bittu said that a new train between Gurdwara Nanaksar Kaleran, Jagraon, to Sachkhand Takhat Shri Huzoor Sahib should be started to benefit the pilgrims. “Due to no facility of train on this route, passengers have no option but to travel in buses,” he said.
Congress MP also demanded stoppage of special train between Ferozepur and Chandigarh at Nanaksar Kaleran. “The people of the area would get benefit of this special train and will be linked to major cities like Chandigarh and ludhiana, directly,” he said. The special train was started on March 11 with two stoppages — one at ludhiana and the other at Moga — from Ferozepur to Chandigarh.
“ludhiana is the largest industrial city of the State and a lot of people travel to Chandigarh every day from here. Considering a huge population of the district, at least four trains should be started between ludhiana and Chandigarh,” said Bittu.