Direct train to Jodhpur on alternate route likely

Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw has instructed the officials concerned of Central, North Western and Western Railways, to immediately work out the feasibility of running a daily train service from Hyderabad to Jodhpur on an alternate route via Nanded, Akola, Ratlam, Ajmer route on Thursday.

The existing bi-weekly, weekly and passing through trains are running in the congested Ahmedabad route, hence the Railway Minister has approved the request for running a new direct daily service train from Kacheguda to Bhagat Ki Kothi or Jodhpur when a delegation of representatives from various associations of Rajasthani community based here met him at New Delhi.

Hyderabad Kirana Merchants Association, Maheshwari Samaj, Kumavath Samaj, Telgnana-Andhra Pradesh Maheshwari Sabha, Akhil Bharatvarshiya Maheshwari Mahasabha and Hyderabad-Secunderabad Maheshwari Sabha representatives met the Minister, said a press release.