Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav in New Delhi on Tuesday. The Chief Minister asked the Railway Minister to begin a Janshatabdi train service between Tanakpur-Dehradun and a Shatabdi Express train service between Delhi and Ramnagar.
The Uttarakhand CM also requested the Railway Minister to approve the construction of the tunnel-based rail line project and the Rishikesh-Uttarkashi rail line project to connect Dehradun to Saharanpur with the railway via Mohand. Urging the Union Railway Minister to start the Haridwar to Varanasi Vande Bharat rail service, the Chief Minister said that this would provide great convenience to the devotees and tourists.