Title - Modi requests for special trains to Gujarat from Uttarakhand

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister NarendraModi on Wednesday wrote a letter to Union railway minister MallikarjunKharge and requested him to urgently add extra coaches to trains connecting Haridwar, Dehradun and Delhi to Gujarat for facilitating the return journey of Gujarati pilgrims and families hit by the Uttarakhand calamity. He also requested the Union minister for urgent arrangement of special trains.

Modi, in his letter, said that char dhamyatra pilgrims have lost their all baggage, private vehicles and railway tickets. Many pilgrims have no money now. In such an unfortunate situation, railways should make arrangements for their return journey to Gujarat, on human grounds. The chief minister in his letter said that on such trains bound for Gujarat, seats, and meals should be provided for free, because most of the pilgrims don't have money now.

Modi in his letter asked the Union railway minister to start Uttarakhand emergency counter and helplines at Haridwar, Dehradun and Delhi railway stations.