With the ‘Special Troops Train’, the government signed the J&K plan on the track. Bharat News
New Delhi: On Wednesday, the Railways successfully run its first “trial special train”, which took the soldiers to the strategically important Katra-Jazigund section, in a step that indicates how the plan to run trains between J&K is on track, which are running. Indo-Pak struggleThe train traveled round with full security arrangements, TOI has learned.Section, which includes Chainb bridgeThe last phase is which connects Kashmir to the rest of India by rail. The train left Katra at 10 am and returned by 6 pm.The trial run gives importance importance in view of the ongoing Indo-Pak struggle and operation vermilion. PM Narendra Modi was scheduled to inaugurate the section last month, but was postponed due to bad weather.Sources said that on the test, special train took the soldiers who were on leave and were stuck due to cancellation of flights to Jammu and Kashmir. “The train operation was limited to Katra-Kajigund section only. Kajigund and Baramullah have a normal train operation,” said an official.Earlier, the Railways had carried out the test run of special Vande Bharat vehicles between Katra and Srinagar, but never took the passengers in them.The successful test run of the train on Wednesday with passengers also attains importance on the fact that it will be an additional connectivity for Kashmir and an additional connectivity for the rapid movement of men and machinery. Till now, there was only highway connectivity between J&K, and sometimes affects the movement, including inclement weather, landslides.
