New Chandigarh-Jaipur train soon: Hooda

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CHANDIGARH, JAN 20

 Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that a new train between Jaipur and Chandigarh via Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak would soon be started.

          Mr. Hooda was speaking at a function after inaugurating a photo exhibition entitled as ‘Yugon Yugon Mein Haryana’ organized by Haryana Rajya Pravasi Nagrik Manch at Haryana Bhawan in Jaipur.

The Chief Minister said that recently a new railway line has been made functional between Rewari and Rohtak via Jhajjar and this is the first railway line in the Northern India, the half of expenditure of which has been borne by the State Government. He said that recently he had an interaction  with the Union Railway Minister that as the Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak railway line has been made functional, a new train would now be started between Jaipur and Chandigarh.

          He said that he is feeling at home in Jaipur and he is happy over the fact that people of Haryana residing in Jaipur have not forgotten their roots. He said that he is happy to observe  that out of the total population of Haryana, 11 per cent people reside  in Jaipur and the culture of both the States is almost similar. He said that during the past seven years, Haryana has made all round development at an accelerated pace. When he became the Chief Minister of the State in 2005, Haryana was at fourteenth position in terms of per capita investment whereas today it is number one in the country. Similarly, in terms of per capita income, apart from Goa, it occupies number one position amongst all big states in the country.

          Mr. Hooda also announced a give Rs 21 lakh to the Haryana Rajya Pravasi Nagrik Manch out of his discretionary fund.

          Chairperson, Haryana Rajya Pravasi Nagrik Manch, Mr. Gajraj Singh and General Secretary of the Manch, Dr. Gian Chand Sharma also spoke on the occasion.

          President, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr. Phool Chand Mullana, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Rao Dan Singh, Principal OSD to Chief Minister, Mr. M.S. Chopra, Vice-president, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee , Mr. Chakravarti Sharma, Vice President of the Manch, Mr. H.P. Kuchhal and other dignitaries were also present on this occasion.