STATE TIMES NEWS
KATRA: A delegation of Hotel and Restaurant Assoc-iation Katra led by its President Rakesh Wazir met Minister of State for Railways Rajan Gohain at Katra wherein Executive Director Railway Board U Hazarika, Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Reasi Shiv Kumar Gupta besides senior officials of Indian Railways including Chief Administr-ative Officer Anurag Kumar Sachhan, Addl. Divisional Manager A.K Rana, Chief Engineer Sandeep Gupta, Sr. DCM Roshan Singh ,Station Superintendent Jugal Kishore Sharma were also present.
Delegation apprised him that railways is the major facilitator of Yatra of Mata Vaishno Devi and better railway infrastructure, facilities and more connectivity of trains to Katra will boost the Yatra even more and asked for extension and enhancement of more trains to Katra.
He further said that the early connectivity of train from Katra to Srinagar besides providing connectivity to Kashmir will prove to be major tourism booster in the State and Vaishno Devi in particular because Katra being enroute will attract more pilgrims and tourists to Vaishno Devi.
Gohain listened the delegation patiently and assured that railway is keen to complete the railway line upto Srinagar at the earliest besides providing all major facilities at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Railway Station.
The delegation among others was comprised of association’s Chairman Shyam Lal Kesar, Sr. Vice President Virender Kesar, Vice Presidents Ajay Kotwal, Nishant Sharma, Sumit Khajuria and Secretary Mohit Dubey.
