Arunachal: Railway services resume today after one and half year

ITANAGAR: After a year and half Arunachal Pradesh has begun to connect with other states through railways after the train services in the state resumed today. The train services were halted in the state since March 2020 in the view of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Naharlagun Anand Vihar (Delhi) Special AC express train resumed its operation today from the Naharlagun station of Itanagar.

Donyi-Polo Express that shuttles between Naharlagun and Guwahati, the other two train services – Shatabdi (Naharlagun-Guwahati) and the AC Express (Naharlagun-Delhi) – will also resume .

According to sources, Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu coordinated with the railway ministry in Delhi and called for resumption of rail services from the state capital,

The CM pointed that since all other states have resumed their rail services, Arunachal Pradesh needed to resume too.

The CM also requested NFR to introduce train services from Naharlagun to states in South India. “With many travelling to southern states for studies, jobs, treatment, etc and having a large chunk of government employees hailing from these states, there’s an urgent need to have direct train services at least till Bangalore via Chennai,” he said.

It was further informed that as demand increases the Naharlagun-Delhi AC Express would be upgraded to Rajdhani Express.

Local Citizens expressed their happiness as train service resume for New delhi and Guwahati.

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A local citizen said, “Amid COVID-19, the train services were halted but the decision to resume its services will be helpful to the people of the state.” He further went on to urge the government that there should be some strategy for the people arriving the state from different states keeping the COVID cases in mind.

Citizens who travelled for medical emergency and students faced a lot of financial issues as they had to reserve innova or book ticket which cost 2500 per person and 8000 to travel to Guwahati and for Delhi they have to go till Harmoti in Assam to catch Dibrugarh Rajdhani train or flight from Guwahati.

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