The Indian Railways on Monday took yet another historic step forward in meeting the long pending demands of the people of Chhattisgarh with introduction of train services announced in Railway Budget 2013-14.
The trains services launched were 18243/18244 Bilaspur-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express (Bi-weekly) & 18245/18246 Bilaspur-Bikaner Express (Bi-weekly).
The train services were flagged-off by Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Monday by remote flagging through video conferencing from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi.
Along with the introduction of new train services, two DEMU services viz. 78815 Raipur-Dallirajhara Passenger and 78818 Dallirajhara-Durg Passenger were also extended to Gudum (on a new line section between Dallirajhara and Gudum).
Chairman, Railway Board AK Mittal along with other Board Members and senior officials from Railway Board were also present on the occasion in New Delhi.
Meanwhile in Chhattisgarh, a programme organized in this regard at Dallirajhara was attended by Member of Parliament Vikram Usendi, CEO of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) S Chandrasekaran, Divisional Railway Manager (Raipur) Rahul Gautam, Durg Range IG Pradeep Gupta, Balod District Collector Rajesh Singh Rana along with public representatives and others.