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SAHARSA: The East Central Railway (ECR ) has decided to run a pair of special trains between Saharsa and Ambala and other such pairs of trains between Darbhanga and Ambala in view of the huge rush of passengers.

While six pairs of special trains will run between Darbhanga and Ambala, only one pair of special train has provided between Ambala and Saharsa, which will run on June12. Darbhanga-Ambala special trains will run on different dates, railway sources said.

ECR senior divisional commercial manager MA Humayan said on Tuesday that railway board officials were approached for increasing the run of special train between Saharsa and Ambala. The passengers, awaiting to board the Ambala-bound regular Jansewa Express had gone berserk and vandalized the Saharsa railway junction Sunday last, when despite confirmed reservations, many of the intending passengers could not board the train, railway sources said.

Ahead of the monsoon, there has reportedly been huge rush of migrant labourers, who are travelling to different destinations in Punjab and elsewhere and the long distance trains are generally over-crowded. So much so that a large number of passengers often get disappointed when they fail to board the trains at Saharsa, GRP sources said.

Meanwhile, ECR divisional railway manager Satya Prakash Trivedi has deputed ACM Uday Shanker Jaisawal to probe the alleged complaints of passengers, according to which they are forced to pay excess amount on each ticket to the ticket booking personnel at Saharsa railway junction. This was one more reason behind the commuters' resentment which burst into open on Sunday, when they created a huge ruckus at the railway junction last Sunday.

ACM Jaisawal has been asked to camp for some days to look into commuters' complaints about excess train fare and other such sundry grievances, senior railway officials disclosed.

In the meantime, demand for more direct long-distance trains has been gathering momentum in Saharsa and adjoining districts, informed sources said.