Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, July 28: Taking notice of the inconvenience being caused to people after damage caused to Tarnah bridge in Chadwal area of Kathua, Union Minister in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh requested Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to pass necessary instructions for stoppage of Jammu Mail at Chhan Rorian Railway Station.
The bridge over Tarnah river on Jammu-Pathankot National Highway, near Dayalachak/ Chadwal suffered damages due to flash flood on July 19.
“In view of the inconvenience caused to road traffic on account of the damage to Tarnah bridge on NH in district Kathua, a request was made to the Railway Ministry to issue instructions for the stoppage of ‘Jammu Mail’ train No. 14033/14034 at Railway Station ‘Chhan Rorian’ of district Kathua in J&K,” Dr Singh tweeted.
In a letter addressed to Ashwini Vaishnaw, Dr Singh has requested that it may be addressed urgently in view of the fact that alternative road in the area has got suddenly disrupted because of the collapse of road bridge over Tarnah on Jammu-Pathankote National Highway to the current flash floods.
“Since the people of the region are facing gross inconvenience, the decision to order Railway to stop at Chhan Rorian, even though temporarily for the time being, will go a long way in mitigating their sufferings till the damaged road bridge is restored,” Dr Singh said in the letter.
“May I also mention here for your kind reference that the Jammu Mail stop at this same station of ‘Chhan Rorian’ existed earlier also before the onset of COVID pandemic,” Dr Singh added.
Meanwhile, Northern Railway authorities today confirmed that Jammu Mail will now stop at Chhan Rorian Station for one minute, at 18.06 hrs while coming from Jammu side for Delhi and at 5.25 hrs while on way from Delhi towards Jammu and Katra.
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