This story is from February 23, 2019

String of railway projects to be inaugurated today

String of railway projects to be inaugurated today
NAGPUR: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate a string of railway projects in the city on Saturday morning.
According to Central Railway, Gadkari will dedicate a 100-feet monumental national flag at the west side of the station at 11am. Besides, he will also dedicate three express trains — Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto, Nagpur-Ahmedabad Prerna, and Nagpur-Jaipur — with new LHB coaches.
These trains were pending for commissioning for want of a chief guest.
Gadkari will commission escalators on platform nos. 2/3 and 4/5 at the station. Mayor Nanda Jichkar, guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Rajya Sabha member Vikas Mahatme and west Nagpur MLA Sudhakar Deshmukh will remain present.
Gadkari will also dedicate 47km broad gauge line between Itwari and Kelwad. The South East Central Railway (SECR) will start operations in 47km section on this route from Saturday.
The train will have stoppages at Koradi, Khaparkheda, Pipla, Patansawangi, Takli Bhansali, Malegaon, Saoner and Kelwad. The work to upgrade 125km narrow gauge line is still in progress.
In another development, BJP MP from Balaghat Bodhsingh Bhagat flagged off the extended Itwari-Gondia MEMU train till Balaghat. Now, the passengers from Itwari will get a direct train to Balaghat. Earlier, the travellers had to depend on private mode of transport and buses having less frequency.
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