Pallavan Exp. arrives to grand reception by ConfirmTicket on 03 September, 2013 - 02:57 PM | ||
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ConfirmTicket | Pallavan Exp. arrives to grand reception on 03 September, 2013 - 02:57 PM | |
Members of various associations and organisations accorded a rousing reception to the passengers on board Pallavan Express that arrived at the railway station here on the first day of its extension on Sunday night. The train reached the station at 10.35 p.m. and members of Pudukottai District Railway Users Committee, consumer activists, doctors, traders, and office bearers of the chamber of commerce received the loco drivers and guard, and presented them a shawl. They also decorated the loco with plantains and distributed sweets to the passengers.Raja Sivakumar, president of the committee, said that the reservation schedule should be extended up to 8 p.m. Presently, the counter closes by 5 p.m. A. Chandrasekaran and Ibrahim Babu, office bearers of the committee, said that people, particularly government employees, would benefit in a big way if the counter open to 8 p.m. Seenu Chinnappa, president of Pudukottai chamber of commerce, and Dr. Salim from Team Speciality Hospitals, were present. |