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Jalandhar:The Red Ribbon Express, a train educating general public, especially the youth about the silent killer ‘HIV/AIDS’, is scheduled to arrive here in December end.Enroute to Amritsar, the train will start from Nangal on December 15 and is expected to reach Jalandhar in December end, sources in the Punjab Aids Control Society said.The society has selected eight districts (Ropar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Faridkot, Fazilka, Tarn Taran, and Amritsar) to spread awareness about AIDS.Displaying banners, posters and audio-visual clips, the train will end its journey in Amritsar on January 1. It will halt at Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Fazilka for three days each. Run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) program, the train is moving across the country to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS for the third year.