Chamber of Commerce & Industry Expresses Gratitude to PM Modi for Redevelopment of Jammu and Udhampur Railway Stations
Jammu, 07-08-2023 : Sh. Arun Gupta President Chamber of Commerce & Industry the meeting of the Office Bearers held today expressed his gratitude and thanks to the Union Govt. headed by Sh. NArendra Modi Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for including the Railway Stations of Jammu and Udhampur for redevelopment with world class facilities resembling like Airports.
Chamber also thanks the Hon’ble Union Minister of State in PMO Office Dr. Jatinder Singh and Sh. Jugal Kishore Sharma, Hon’ble MP with whose efforts the Railway Stations of Jammu and Udhampur will get world class facilities.
Sh. Arun Gupta further said that the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme involves preparation of Master Plans and their implementation in a phased manner to improve the amenities at the stations like improvement of access to the stations, circulating area, walnut halls, Toilets, Lifts and escalators besides cleanliness, free Wi-Fi etc
Further Sh. Arun Gupta ,President CCI request Dr. Jatinder Singh, Hon’ble Union MOS in PMO Office to take up the matter with the Railway Ministry that Jammu Railway Station should get the Divisional Status like Ferozpur though it has been announced years back but no further steps have been taken in this regard.
Mr. Gupta also said that only one train is running between Jammu-Haridwar on daily basis. Although a new train has been started but it is running for two days a week. The people of Jammu are travelling Haridwar frequently to perform religious rituals but due to availability of train for 2 days only they are facing lot of inconvenience, we demand that this train should be operated on daily basis
Sh. Arun Gupta further said that at present only one train is running between Jammu and Jaipur where from thousands of pilgrims visit to Katra for pilgrimage. There is utter need to introduce new super fast trains from State of Rajasthan especially Jaipur for facilitation of Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage.
Sh. Arun Gupta also demanded that few new trains and some existing ones be restricted exclusively up to the Jammu Railway Station and Visitors be encouraged to travel to the city of Jammu keeping in view its historical importance and in order to give boost to the economy of this city of temples.
The other office bearers present in the meeting include Sh. Anil Gupta, Sr. Vice President, Sh. Rajeev Gupta, Jr. Vice President, Sh. Manish Gupta, Secretary General, Sh. Rajesh Gupta, Secretary and Sh. Rajesh Gupta, Treasurer.
