On December 17th, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Varanasi. In preparation for this visit, railway officials conducted a trial run of an electric engine on the Indara-Dohrighat rail line on Wednesday. Stations are also being cleaned and painted. This activity has increased hope for the resumption of...
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train operations on this route, benefiting 100 villages across three blocks in the district. The 35 km Indara-Dohrighat rail line was approved with a budget of 165 crore rupees. On October 20th, 2016, the then Railway Minister of State, Manoj Sinha, laid the foundation stone for gauge conversion at Indara Junction. On January 31st, 2018, the rail bus service was discontinued, causing inconvenience to a population of one lakh in the Dohrighat, Barawan, and Ghosi block areas. After gauge conversion completion, on March 31st, 2023, the Commissioner of Railway Safety, Eastern Zone, along with DRM Ramashray Pandey, inspected the Indara-Dohrighat rail line. They gave the green signal for train operations and announced the operation of EMUs from Dohrighat railway station. However, train operations have not started yet. Now, with PM Modi's expected visit to Varanasi, there are murmurs about train operations resuming on the Indara-Dohrighat rail line. On Wednesday, a team of railway officials conducted a trial run of the electric engine. Stations are being cleaned and painted. On Tuesday, IOW Dilip Kumar, AK Singh, and XEN Ravi Prakash inspected the railway track, electrical connections, etc. Dilip Kumar IOW stated that they conducted a trial of the electric engine and inspected the railway track, electrical connections, etc. He confirmed that there is no information regarding the commencement of train operations.