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Fazilka : The activists of the Sanjha Morcha who spearheaded a 45-day-long agitation recently demanding the opening of the Fazilka-Abohar rail track have reiterate their demand for an express train between Ferozepur and Sriganganagar via Fazilka and Abohar as the track has now been thrown open for rail traffic.In this year’s railway budget, the proposed train had been announced. Besides, during the inauguration of the Fazilka-Abohar track last week, the Minister of State for Railways KH Muniyappa had announced that the train between Ferozepur-Sriganganagar would run soon.The Sanjha Morcha organized a special prgramme today to felicitate the representatives of those organizations who sat on dharna during the agitation.Sanjha Morcha office-bearers, Dr Amar Lal Baghla, Raj Kishore Kalra, Shakti Singh, Raj Pal Gumber and Sushil Gumber, president of the Bar Association, Fazilka, presented certificates of commendation to the representatives of 45 organisations who joined the chain hunger strike from June 1 to July 16.President of the Northern Railway Passenger Samiti, Dr Baghla, demanded that a new train from Sriganganagar to Delhi via Abohar, Fazilka, Muktsar and Bathinda should be started to enable the passengers have a direct link to the national capital.They also demanded that the route of the Sriganganagar-Nanded Sahib Express be diverted via Fazilka and Muktsar. With this, the two historical religious places of the Sikhs, Muktsar and Nanded Sahib, would be directly connected.  “The train number 14731-32, intercity express, running between Delhi and Bathinda, should also be extended up to Fazilka via Muktsar,” demanded Baghla.