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www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2023-04-29
Curtain Raiser Flagging Off of Inaugural run of Dhule-Dadar Special Express Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve, Hon'ble Minister of State for Railways, Coal & Mines, Government of India will flag off the Dhule-Dadar Special Express train service from Dhule railway station at 11.00 am on Saturday 29.04.2023. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Hon'ble Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare; Shri Girish Mahajan, Hon'ble Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Medical Education, Sports & Youth Welfare, Government of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister, Dhule; Smt. Pratibha Chaudhari, Hon'ble Mayor, Dhule; Dr. Subhash Bhamare, Hon'ble MP, Dhule; Shri Unmesh Patil, Hon'ble MP, Jalgaon; Shri Shah Farooque Anwar, Hon'ble MLA, Dhule; Shri Mangesh Chavan, Hon'ble MLA; Shri Kunal Patil, Hon'ble MLA; Shri Suhas Kande, Hon'ble MLA, Nandgaon will be present on the occasion as Guests of Honour. The 01125 inaugural service will depart Dhule at 11.00 hrs and will arrive Dadar at 18.05 hrs same day. Regular services will run as Train no. 01066/01065 Dhule-Dadar-Dhule Special Express (Tri-Weekly). Benefits: • Dhule is well known for purest ‘milk and ghee’ production, maximum cultivable land and production of groundnut, foremost in agro-based industries, and leader in wind power generation. This train will connect Dhule with the Commercial Capital of India. • This train will provide an economic, affordable and fast mode of transportation thereby reducing road congestion. • The train will greatly benefit farmers, traders, students and daily commuters. Detailed Timings of regular services of 01066/01065 Dhule-Dadar-Dhule Special Express: 01065 will depart Dadar every Sunday, Monday and Friday at 16.15 hrs and arrive Dhule at 23.35 hrs same day with effect from 30.04.2023. 01066 will depart Dhule every Monday, Tuesday and Saturday at 06.30 hrs and arrive Dadar at 13.15 hrs same day with effect from 01.05.2023. Composition: 1 AC Chair Car, 8 Second Class Seating and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s Brake Vans. Halts: Shirud, Jamdha, Chalisgaon, Nandgaon, Manmad, Lasalgaon, Niphad, Nasik Road, Igatpuri, Kalyan and Thane. Passengers are requested to avail this facility. --- --- Date: April 28, 2023 PR No.2023/04/45 This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai (Shivaji Sutar) Chief Public Relations Officer 2
www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2022-11-28
In line with our Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of overall Development of Northeast & Nation Building, the first ever Northeast Half Marathon will be conducted on 5thFebruary, 2023 at Maligaon, Guwahati. A curtain raiser press conference in this regard was held on 25th November, 2022 at the Northeast Frontier Railway Sports Association (NFRSA) indoor stadium, Maligaon. For organising this first of its kind Northeast Half Marathon, N. F. Railway has joined hands with Innovations India Pvt Ltd. The Half Marathon will be aimed at the empowerment of sportspersons and development of sports infrastructure in Northeast India. Shri Anshul Gupta, GM/NFR along with President NFRSA Shri Rajeev Mahajan gave an insight about the event. Curator of the event Captain Rahul Bali briefed about the marathon, prize money and trophies to be awarded. The press conference also saw the presence of National Cycling Championship Ronaldo Singh & Rojit Singh, Dronacharya Awardee in Boxing Sagarmal Dhayal, International Boxer Kalpana Choudhury & Abdul Barek International Marathon Runner. Dronacharya & Arjuna Awardee Md. Ali Qamar, Former Cricket Player of India ‘A’ Javed Zaman and sports co-ordinator from Railway Sports Promotion Board Sudhir Hooda was also present. The Northeast Half Marathon will be a series of Marathons that would be conducted across North East India with the aim of empowering the sportspersons and development of sporting activity in Northeast India. The first Marathon of the planned series will be held at Maligaon on Sunday 5th February, 2023 and approximately 3000 runners from all across India as well as abroad are expected to participate in the race. Prizes worth Rs. 11 lakhs would be given to the winners in addition to the Trophies, Medals & Certificates. The aspiring participants would be able to register both online as well as offline for the Marathon. The NE Half Marathon would highlight all states of Northeast India as one entity and would surely catapult the complete Northeast Region of India into limelight at both National & International Platforms. Shri Anshul Gupta General Manager/N. F. Railway said that N. F. Railway is steadfast in its endeavour of Empowering the sportspersons and development of Northeast India apart from connectivity and NE Half Marathon is one such step in that direction. Beyond connectivity and promoting tourism, N. F. Railway is also promoting sporting events in various places within its jurisdiction. Curator of the Event Captain Rahul Bali appreciated the brilliant initiative by N. F. Railway and felt honoured to be the Curator of this prestigious event and contribute towards Nation Building. The details regarding this Half Marathon will be published in all the social media platforms of N. F. Railway. A website related to the Northeast Half Marathon will be launched soon for online registration. (Sabyasachi De) CPRO/N.F.Railway | ||||||||