A total of 850 special trains will be operated on popular routes including six major routes originating from Secunderabad to accommodate the extra rush of passengers.
It will be more on the lines of operations at the airports with baggage screening, wait-in lounge and being allowed to step on to platform only when one’s train is ready to pick passengers.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has sought cooperation from CM Revanth Reddy in widening works of roads leading to Secunderabad Railway Station and Cherlapally Railway Terminal
The passenger Vijayalakshmi of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh had come to the railway station to board the Chennai Express to go to her native place.
The girl was employed by drug peddlers Karan Pawar and Deepka Pawar, who are currently at large. She obtained marijuana from Chatrapur in Odisha and smuggled it to Mumbai via Secunderabad trains. The group then sold the narcotic at inflated prices.
Two children, one from Rajasthan and another from Jharkhand, who ran away from their homes following arguments with parents, were rescued by the Railway Protection Force Secunderabad under Operation Nanhe Farishte.
The special train will commence 9-day journey from Secunderabad railway station on July 9 and will take pilgrims to several holy places including Gaya, Varanasi, Ayodhya and Prayagraj.
Officials seized two luggage trolleys stacked with a total of 34 kg of marijuana worth Rs 8.5 lakh from them. The arrested persons are Vikesh (25) and Akash Kumar (19), both construction workers from South Delhi.
Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern region, G Kishan Reddy was accompanied by SCR General Manager Arun Kumar Jain and other senior railway officials