From February this year, the first long distance train will start plying between Hazaribagh and Patna. Making announcement in this regard, local MP and union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha said Union Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha will come to Hazaribagh Station either on February 2 or February 3 to flag off this train. He said even on that day foundation laying of a maintenance facility will also take place here from Rs 23 crore.
Jayant Sinha said maintenance facility at Hazaribagh Station is now must, which he said needed for long distance trains. Sinha also broke the news that on January 27, union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh coming to Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) in Goriakarma of Barhi to inaugurate the administrative block. Sinha today said a train from Hazaribag to Patna was a big demand of people of his constituency. He said he kept meeting railway minister Piyush Goyal and even shot several missives requesting him for a train from here. He said finally a decision was taken and Minister Manoj Sinha will come to flag off this train either on February 2 or February 3.
He said for long distance trains, Hazaribagh needed a maintenance facility and so he got this also cleared from the railway ministry. According to him, this will have under the train maintenance facility, electric charging and water filling system. Sinha said electrification between Hazaribag and Koderma will get over by thismonth opening the doors for running electric engine trains from Hazaribagh station.
Sinha said the Agriculture minister will inaugurate the administrative and academic block of IARI coming up on 1000-acres of land from 200-crores. Even foundation will be laid for construction of a guest house there. Sinha said after Delhi, this was second IARI coming up in the country and now third one in Assam.
The Union Minister said that once IARI construction gets completed by next year, 150-students from different parts of the country will take admission here in courses like MSC or PhD. He said right now eleven students already got enrolled here doing the course in Delhi institute but coming here for practical works.