Ajmer-Pushkar train to start this year -Sachin Pilot

Union minister of state for IT and telecom Sachin Pilot has said that a land dispute between the Rajasthan government and the railways regarding Ajmer-Pushkar rail route has been resolved and the train services to Pushkar will start this year. Pilot inaugurated the project to modernise the locomotive workshop here on Tuesday. It will cost Rs 58 crore and take two years tocomplete in five phases. Once completed, it will be of immense help for travellers. After the locomotive one, the Rs 72-crore project of modernising the carriage workshop will start soon. “Keeping the importance of Ajmer in mind, the railway ministry is upgrading facilities at the city railway station to make it a world-class one. The project will be made on public-private partnership basis and consultant will be appointed for it soon,” Pilot said. He also said that the overbridge in Saradhana bypass will also be completed in the coming months. He inspected the workshop and went through the museum where the locomotives made in 1885 and their parts have been displayed.