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Bonanza for Mumbai ahead of general elections
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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Jan, 2019
Ahead of the upcoming general elections, the Centre on Saturday offered a
bagful of bonanza for the eight million Mumbai daily suburban railway
commuters.
They included green signal to the much-discussed
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhanai
Express, MEMU services on Diva-Panvel-Roha section and Extended
Pune-Karjat-Pune Passenger train.
It would be the first Rajdhani
Express service from the Unesco World Heritage CSMT to the national
capital, though Rajdhani Express and August Kranti Rajdhani Express ply
from the Western Railway route to New Delhi.
According to an
officials, the maiden run ofthe new Rajdhani Express -- which was fully
booked -- departed from CSMT for Hazrat Nizamuddin piloted by Lal Kumar,
R.S. Dekate, Guard S.S. Jadhav and train Captain P.V. Rao.
Monumental
High Mast Flags, each around 100 feet tall, were unveiled at CSMT,
Mumbai Central and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, as per a decision in
November 2018 to project "symbols of nationalism'.
A total of 75
stations falling in Category A-1 all over the country were selected for
this initiative, including seven in Mumbai, besides the aforementioned
three termini.
The Pen-Roha electrified section in Raigad was
inaugurated, besides two escalators at Panvel, and lifts at Bandra
Terminus, Andheri and Borivali, plus foot overbridges at Prabhadevi,
Belapur, Matunga Road, Jogeshwari, Andheri and Borivali.
Foundation stones for two road over-bridges, near Juchandra station and the CSTM were also laid on the occasion.
Other
important amenities dedicated include 40 new Automatic Ticket Vending
Machines (ATVM) on Suburban section, improvement of Lux levels at Dadar,
LTT, Thane, Kalyan, Green Stations at Roha, Pen and Apta, improvement
of illumination at stations and new LED-based indicators at Ghatkopar.
Present
on the occasion were Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Anant Geete and
Ramdas Athawale, besides several Maharashtra ministers, Mayor Vishwanath
Mahadeshwar, parliamentarians and legislators.
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