An 81-km long new railway line between Sonepat and Jind will be dedicated to the nation and a passenger train between these two stations would be flagged off by the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Sunday.
A spokesman of the Haryana Government said the Minister will also launch a number of other passenger-centric projects from Chandigarh Railway Station through Video Conferencing on the same day.
Prabhu will be accompanied by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal at Chandigarh Railway Station. The Union Rural Development Minister Birender Singh will be present at Sonepat Railway Station.
Running of passenger trains between these important cities will also connect several hinterland villages and urban clusters with 13 railway stations, of which ten will be new railway stations.
Other projects to be launched from the same venue include new Foot-over-Bridge at Platform No. 4 and 5, Railway Station, Sonepat and inauguration of a mechanised laundry in Chandigarh. The laundry would cater requirement of linen for entire Ambala division.
Apart from this, foundation stone of Coaching-cum-Maintenance Facilities at Chheharta Railway Station near Amritsar will also be laid. While the foundation stones of additional traffic facilities will be laid at Chandigarh Railway Station, that of 17 lift and ten escalator facilities would be laid at different railway stations. Apart from this, foundation stones of 37 limited Height Subways in the States of Punjab and Haryana would be laid.
Others who would be present at Railway Station, Chandigarh include Union Food Processing Industries Minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal.