Bhandara, Regarding modernization of railway stations of Bhandara and Gondia districts and providing state-of-the-art facilities to the passengers, MP Sunil Mendhe held a meeting with Union Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve and submitted a request to him.
It has been said in this request that a request was made to give stoppage of some express trains in railway stations and take a decision to start closed passenger trains. The minister also showed favor on the demand for an extended meeting to resolve the issues related to Bhandara Gondia railway station.
MP told the history of railways
MP Sunil Mendhe met Minister Raosaheb Danve in New Delhi on Tuesday. In this meeting, the minister was given details of various demands related to Gondia and Bhandara railway stations. Gondia railway station was constructed in 1878. Gondia Railway Station with the facility of 7 platforms was developed to reduce the distance between Delhi and Chennai by 250 km. The Nagpur to Tumsar line was inaugurated in 1880 and was opened to the public in 1988. Gondia is one of the 7 railway stations whose code is with alphabets only and it is a Class A station.
Construction of platform number 8 is necessary
North gate of Gondia railway station, ticket house, state-of-the-art waiting room, parking space in congested area and good house should be shifted to Mundipar in Gondia MIDC area. MP Mende demanded that platform number 8 should be constructed at this place and the entire complex should be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.
boating is also necessary
Boating park should be made by beautifying the pond in the west direction of the railway station.
Bhandara’s development is necessary
Bhandara railway station is of C grade and 35 regular trains run from here. The MPs demanded that modern facilities should be made available at this place.
It was also demanded in the request that some existing passenger trains and new trains should be stopped. There were five 5 passenger trains running between Gondia Itwari station and currently only 1 is running. Out of 6 trains running between Gondia and Durg, only 2 trains are running. Gondia – Chandrapur has 2 trains out of 4. While there are 5 out of 8 trains between Gondia Katangi. It has been demanded that the entire pheries should be started as before.
Shalimar, Puri LTT trains should be given stoppage at Bhandara-Gondia Darbhanga Express, Gaya Chennai trains at Saundad and Arjuni Morgaon stations and Haridwar Jabalpur Express should be extended up to Gondia. The demand of running the Gondia to Prayagraj train on Balaghat route has been included in the request of MP Mendhe. There was a positive discussion on the demands made in the request.
will have a detailed meeting
On this occasion, MP Mendhe requested the minister to visit Bhandara and Gondia to know the problems of the people. Accepting this request, Minister Danve assured MP Sunil Mendhe that a detailed meeting regarding this railway would be held soon. BJP District Vice President Prakash Balbudhe was also present along with MP Sunil Mendhe.