GM Northern Railwaty conducts meeting with MPs (Lok Sabha & Rajaya

New Delhi: Ashutosh Gangal, General Manager, Northern Railway held a meeting with the Hon’ble Ministers/Members of Parliament of constituencies that come under the jurisdiction of Ambala & Firozpur Divisions in Chandigarh today. This is in accordance with the directives given by Hon’ble Minister of Railways Sh. Ashwini Vaishnav, advising General Managers of Zonal Railways to increase public outreach to get feedback for providing better service to the nation. Railway related issues in each constituency were discussed with the public representatives to find solutions for the benefit of the passengers.
The GM welcomed the Hon’ble
Members of Parliament and briefed them about the various developmental activities and new initiatives taken up by Northern Railway. Gurinder Mohan Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Ambala Division and Dr. Seema Sharma, Divisional Railway Manager, Firozpur Division presented reports regarding the completed, ongoing & planned works relating to passenger amenities, infrastructure and services at stations and trains over constituencies in the states/UTs J&K, Himachal, Haryana, Punjab, UP and Chandigarh, serviced by Ambala and Firozpur Divisions. Senior Officers of Northern Railway and Ambala and Firozpur Divisions were also present in the meeting.
Som Prakash, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Hon’ble MPs Lok Sabha, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Santokh Singh Chaudhary, Dr. Amar Singh, Sh. Kishan Kapoor, Sh. Ratan Lal Kataria, Sh. Nayab Singh, Sh. Hazi Fazlur Rehman and Jasbir Singh Gill, Hon’ble MPs Rajya Sabha, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Indu Bala Goswami, and Balwinder Singh Bhunder and some representatives of MPs put forward their views in the meeting.
The Hon’ble MPs highly appreciated the good
work done by Northern Railway in their constituencies. They collectively thanked the Railways for helping the nation overcome the adversaries of the corona pandemic in the last two years. They also put forward various demands, requirements and aspirations of the rail users of their respective areas. They exhorted NR to complete the infrastructure and public convenience related projects on top priority. They also volunteered to help wherever there was any co-ordination required with the state administration for timely completion of the projects.
Ashutosh Gangal, assured the Hon’ble Members of Parliament that Northern Railway would resolve the public grievances and issues put forward by them as early as possible. He further said that Northern Railway would always remain committed to the service of the passengers and rail users.