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 दक्षिण पश्चिम रेलवे / SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY  
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति / Press Release No. 55 Dt: 26.05.2022

THE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA HAS ACCORDED IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVAL TO OPERATE THE FIRST BHARAT GAURAV TRAIN OF KARNATAKA.

·  The Department of Religious Endowments, Govt of Karnataka has registered with South Western Railway as a Service Provider, by depositing the registration fee of Rs. 1 lakh under this scheme.

·  Bharat Gaurav Trains are Theme- based Tourist Circuit trains to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world.

·  The service provider can decide routes, itinerary, tariff and other attributes connected with this model

   The Government of Karnataka has accorded in-principle approval to operate the first Bharat Gaurav train of Karnataka. The Department of Religious Endowments, Govt of Karnataka has registered with South Western Railway as a Service Provider, by depositing the registration fee of Rs. 1 lakh under this scheme.

   Bharat Gaurav Trains are Theme- based Tourist Circuit trains to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world. Under this policy, registered Service Providers shall be offered rakes consisting of ICF coaches under ‘Right to Use’ model by Indian Railways (IR) for operations of Bharat Gaurav Trains.

   Under the ‘Right to Use’ model, the Service Provider is free to decide the business model including themes (eg. Ramayan circuit, Kashi Yatra etc,.) routes, itinerary, tariff and other attributes connected with this model.  They can also refurbish the interiors of the coach based o­n the theme as well as utilise the coaches for advertisements and branding (Both interior and exterior, including by third-party).

   The service provider can own the rake (set of coaches forming the train) for a minimum of two years and upto the expiry of the residual period of the coaches. The actual running/operation of the train and the safety related technical maintenance would be carried out by railway staff.

South Western Railway will facilitate Planning and finalization of the detailed proposal (coach configuration, itinerary, stoppages etc) in a time bound manner and alternative itinerary in case of congestion o­n rail routes requested by the Service provider.

The modalities pertaining to the route, fare and the coach composition of the train will be worked out shortly.

General Manager North Central Railway Shri Pramod Kumar meets with the Medalist Badminton players and Champion Powerlifter and encourages them

General Manager North Central Railway Shri Pramod Kumar met the medal winners of different teams of North Central Railway and encouraged them. It may be noted that the 68th All India Railway Badminton Championship 2021-22 was organized (by East Coast Railway) at Visakhapatnam from 25 to 29 April 2022. North Central Railway women’s team won the bronze medal in team events. North Central Railway defeated South East Central Railway 2-1 in the bronze medal match. This team consisted of Tapasvni Samantroy, Shivani Singh, Soumya Singh and Kirti Singh.

Dharmendra Yadav of North Central Railway won gold medal in bench press and dead lift competitions of 74 kg weight category in 47th All India Senior National Powerlifting Championship held in Mangalore, Karnataka. Shri Dharmendra Yadav is working at Agra Fort station in Agra Division of North Central Railway.

All these players and coaches visited General Manager North Central Railway Shri Pramod Kumar in his office and apprised him about the achievements. The General Manager inquired about each of the players and congratulated them for the stupendous achievement achieved and commended them for the better performance ahead.

The General Manager expressed hope that in future also he would achieve similar achievements for North Central Railway and the nation. Coaches of the badminton team Dharmendra and Chandraprakash were also present o­n the occasion.

During this, the President of North Central Railway Sports Association Shri Sharad Mehta, General Secretary Shri Nitin Garg, Secretary/General Manager Shri Ajay Singh, North Central Railway, Joint Secretaries Sports Association, Shri Gaurav Luniwal and Dr. Amit Malviya, other officials and Shri Dinesh Yadav s of North Central Railway Sports Cell were present.