Railway Board member visits Kumbakonam to assess requirements for Mahamaham festival

A subordinate of the Railway Board visited Kumbakonam for a first-hand appraisal of the requirements of bid services and rider amenities successful the temple municipality for the Mahamaham festival scheduled to beryllium held successful 2028.

Hitendra Malhotra, Member (Operations & Business Development), Railway Board, inspected the Kumbakonam Railway Station, which is slated for wide large redevelopment.

The superior nonsubjective of the inspection was beforehand readying for bid operations and assemblage absorption successful presumption of the Mahamaham Festival 2028, a 10-day mega lawsuit which is expected to pull a precise ample inflow of passengers, according to a connection from the Tiruchi Railway Division.

J. Vinayan, Principal Chief Commercial Manager; Arun J. Rathod, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Southern Railway Headquarters; Balak Ram Negi, Divisional Railway Manager, Tiruchi; S. Subramanian, Chief Passenger Transport Manager, Southern Railway and different elder officials of the part accompanied Mr.Malhotra during the visit.

Representatives of bid users associations submitted memorandums to the Railway Board member, pressing for assorted demands concerning cognition of caller trains and strengthening the obstruction web successful the region.