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The temple city of Tirupati would soon have improved railway connectivity from all the major cities in the South India to cope up with the ever increasing influx of pilgrims. This was indicated by Union minister of Railways Pavan Kumar Bansal on Friday at Tirumala after he offered prayers at the hill temple.Mr. Bansal said that it was imperative to augment the railway connectivity to Tirupati as bulk of the devotees visiting the temple town are form the South India cities. At the same time he said that his Ministry was also receiving requests from several North Indian States for enhanced connectivity to the temple city which he said was being considered on a merit basis.He said that conceding to the requests of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam several trains either have been already diverted to Tirupati or allowed to pass through the city.The Ministry is also exploring the possibilities of diverting other trains which he said will be done on merit basis depending on the commuters’ traffic.In the same vein he said that the Tirupati railway station would soon be developed into a world class station with the sustained co-operation of the TTD.In reply to a question, the Minister said that the proposal for enhancing the train services between Chennai and Tirupati was also under consideration.Earlier in the wee hours of the day, Mr. Bansal participated in the ‘Suprabhatam’ and weekly ‘Abhishekam’ of the presiding deity inside the temple along with wife and other family members.