PMK opposes move to extend Salem – Egmore train service to Karur
SALEM, JANUARY 09, 2019 00:00 IST
Cadre of the Pattali Makkal Katchi staging a demonstration in front of the Salem Railway Divisional headquarters on Tuesday.E. Lakshmi NarayananE_LakshmiNarayanan
Seeks separate train from Karur-Chennai through Salem
Condemning the railway administration’s decision to extend the Salem – Egmore Super Fast express train service up to Karur junction, members of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) staged a demonstration in front the Salem Railway Division’s headquarters here on Tuesday.
Led by its State Deputy Secretary R. Arul, they said that efforts taken by the then Union Minister of State for Railways R. Velu of PMK led to the introduction of train service from the division. Train numbers 22153/22154 is the only train that originate from the Salem Junction in the division to Chennai. The train received good patronage. If the train service was extended up to Karur, people in Salem district will lose reservations. They said that a petition has already been submitted to the Divisional Railway Manager on September 14, 2018 urging the administration to drop the move to extend the train services.
They said that to serve the people in Karur district, the administration could operate a separate train from Karur to Chennai through Salem. But extending the train service is unacceptable as it will affect the passengers in the district. When they attempted to picket the divisional office, they were prevented by the police.
SALEM, JANUARY 09, 2019 00:00 IST
Cadre of the Pattali Makkal Katchi staging a demonstration in front of the Salem Railway Divisional headquarters on Tuesday.E. Lakshmi NarayananE_LakshmiNarayanan
Seeks separate train from Karur-Chennai through Salem
Condemning the railway administration’s decision to extend the Salem – Egmore Super Fast express train service up to Karur junction, members of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) staged a demonstration in front the Salem Railway Division’s headquarters here on Tuesday.
Led by its State Deputy Secretary R. Arul, they said that efforts taken by the then Union Minister of State for Railways R. Velu of PMK led to the introduction of train service from the division. Train numbers 22153/22154 is the only train that originate from the Salem Junction in the division to Chennai. The train received good patronage. If the train service was extended up to Karur, people in Salem district will lose reservations. They said that a petition has already been submitted to the Divisional Railway Manager on September 14, 2018 urging the administration to drop the move to extend the train services.
They said that to serve the people in Karur district, the administration could operate a separate train from Karur to Chennai through Salem. But extending the train service is unacceptable as it will affect the passengers in the district. When they attempted to picket the divisional office, they were prevented by the police.
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