Councillor urges minister to start train from Chandigarh to Ayodhya

Chandigarh, August 23

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Councillor Shakti Prakash Devshali from Ward No. 20 has requested Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to start a direct train service from Chandigarh to Ayodhya.

In a letter to the Minister, Devshali stated that Ayodhya was one of the major pilgrimage sites. Every year, lakhs of devotees from the country and abroad came to Ayodhya for paying obeisance to Lord Shri Ram, he said.

Chandigarh was a major station for travelling by trains for residents of nearby cities, he added. Devotees either boarded train from Ambala or travelled to Lucknow from Chandigarh and waited for another train to go to Ayodhya, he said. The entire journey took additional time of five to six hours, he added. To provide facilities to pilgrims the distance of train, which goes from Chandigarh to Lucknow, should be extended to Ayodhya, he said.—TNS