Malgudi Express: From the pages of RK Narayan to the railway tracks of Mysore. - Vageesh

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda in his railway budget wish list for the financial year 2013-14 has demanded direct trains links from sub-capital Dumka to New Delhi, Howrah and Ranchi. In his wish list sent to Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr Munda asked for new train service to Dehradoon from Jamshedpur via Ranchi and Lucknow and new train service connecting to Bangalore and Hyderabad via Rourkela. The chief minister has also asked for a daily train service between Jamshedpur and Chennai, new train service from Ranchi to Bhopal via Indore, new trains between Ranchi-Trivandrum, New Delhi-Ranchi Duranto Express, Giridih-Kolkata and from Noamundi(Barbil) to Howrah. Keeping in mind the lack of health care facilitates, Mr Munda has urged Mr Bansal to look into establishing 100 bed hospitals along with Trauma Centers at Ranchi, Dhanbad, Chakardharpur, Deoghar and Sini. He has also asked to increase facilities and other basic amenities for major...
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stations of the state such as Ranchi, Tatanagar, Dhanbad, Jasidih and Barkakana. In his letter, Mr Munda has also requested for increase in frequency of certain trains which includes, Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani (Daily), Ranchi-LTT Superfast Exp (Daily), Hatia-Yashwantpur (Daily), Ranchi-Alipurduar Express (5 days a week), Ranchi-Ajmer(5 days a week) and Hatia-Pune Express (Five days a week). The chief minister has also asked the Railway Minister to extend running of Purushottam Express to Ajmer.
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