Title - Ajmer division to increase passenger amenities

Ajmer division is eyeing to increase passenger amenities in the upcoming railway budget like provision of lifts and escalators on Ajmer, Udaipur and other railway stations.

Also the demand for more trains to Ajmer is high with the extension of Pushkar Merta and Nasirabad Bundi rail lines. The railways has already started Ajmer-Pushkar rail service. At present Pushkar is the last station; "If direct rail service is started for Pushkar then certainly the number of tourists and devotees will increase to the holy town," said Dinesh Parashar, a priest in Pushkar.

Railway officials said that in last six months passenger amenities at every railway stations that falls under Ajmer division have gone up while project of electrification and doubling is under progress. Apart from this, division is also upgrading lines to achieve higher speeds. A railway medical college in Ajmer has also been proposed this year in the budget.