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Punjab Rural Development, NRI Affairs and Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Tuesday called on the Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Vikram Jardosh, urging her to construct the platform at Ramdas station in Amritsar district, and name it after Baba Buddha ji.
He said that Ramdas, a very important town from the border in Ajnala assembly constituency of the state, has a significant religious importance as many historical Gurdwaras in the memory of first head priest (granthi) of Golden Temple Baba Buddha Sahib are situated here. Due to this, a huge number of pilgrims, including foreigners, visit this place daily and most people generally belong to the economically weaker section reached here by train, he said.
Apart from pilgrims, students and patients as well as daily commuters from the town use train service to reach Amritsar city for treatment. However, the railway station is in a dilapidated condition as it was built before partition of India-Pakistan. “Moreover, absence of a platform at the railway stations adds to the woes of the passengers. Even a number of mishaps took place with travellers due to this but the issue had not been raised by anyone till now,” said Dhaliwal in his letter handed over to the Union Minister.
The Minister also informed the Union Minister that there is only one railway link from Amritsar to Dera Baba Nanak for Ramdas town and Kartarpur Sahib Corridor; and this railway line is very crucial for the people of Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts.
“The trains coming from Dera Baba return only from Verka station outside the city of Amritsar due to which the passengers have to face a lot of difficulties,” he said while demanding that these trains should run from Amritsar city railway station instead of Verka.
During the meeting, Union Minister Jardosh assured to take concrete steps to address demands raised by the Punjab Cabinet Minister.
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