New train to run between Guwahati and Bengaluru

BY OUR STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Dec 25: In yet another step to facilitate easy and smooth communication between Guwahati and Bengaluru, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu and Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal on Sunday flagged off Humsafar Express from Mumbai and Kamakhya respectively.  

The Humsafar Express has been introduced as part of budgetary commitment made by the Centre, as the train includes all facilities otherwise not available in normal AC-3 tier coaches.

Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal thanked Prime Minister rendra Modi and Railway Minister Prabhu for introducing the Humsafar Express ‘which will strengthen the link between the Northeast and southern part of the country’.

“Initiating infrastructural development of railways in full throttle in Assam and other Northeastern States will give a boost to Centre’s Act East Policy,” said Sonowal, urging upon the Centre to expeditiously complete all major and minor railway projects in the State. He also requested the Railway Minister to create an inroad for incorporating Majuli into railway map of the country as he underlined the need of linking all districts in the State with railways.

Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain, who also spoke on the occasion, gave a detailed overview of different rail projects in the Northeast and stressed on their timely completion.