CURATED BY – GUARAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur | Deoband, Work of laying new tracks by removing old lines has started on Deoband-Roorkee railway line. Today, a 21 bogie goods train arrived from Bhilai in Chhattisgarh with new tracks. These tracks were unloaded between Deoband and New Railway Station Banhera Khas. Railway officials have claimed to start running trains on the new railway line by July 31. Executive Engineer of Delhi Railway Division Karamveer Yadav flagged off a 21 bogie train loaded with new tracks from Deoband station to Banhera station. Executive Engineer SP Asthana, Senior Section Engineer Ravindra Kumar and Project Manager Rampal Singh were also present with him. Senior section engineer Ravindra Kumar said that the construction work was started by laying the old track from Deoband to Roorkee, but now the construction work is almost 90 percent complete. Therefore, the track will be built by removing the old track and laying new rail tracks. He said that two stations, Banhera Khas and Jhabreda, have been built in the 29 km stretch from Deoband to Roorkee. The work of laying the railway line has been completed for 19 km. The remaining 10 km work will be completed soon. Because the target has been set to start the operation of trains on this new track by July 31. Not only this, the work of installing electric poles has also started. After the operation of trains starts on the Deoband-Roorkee route, passengers going to Haridwar and Dehradun will be facilitated. Till now, passengers had to go through Saharanpur or Tapri station to go to Haridwar and Dehradun. Now they will be able to go directly from Deoband to Dehradun and Haridwar etc. stations via Roorkee. This will also save their time and fare. The people of Deoband area will also get a lot of benefits from this.