Over one dozen train services from Dehradun will remain affected due to platform construction works. Commuters will have to board 16 trains from Haridwar, which presently starts their journey from Dehradun.
The construction will start from 18 April to conclude on 23 May. For over one month the discomfort will prevail for the passengers.
The construction work of platform number three of the Dehradun railway station was pending since a long.
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Even this time the revamp work was delayed due to non availability of construction material- as the Uttarakhand High Court had put a ban on sand mining in the hill state on 28 March this year.
The ban resulted in big scarcity of sand and other construction material in the state.
The price of the available stock shot up to force construction agency to temporary suspend their project.
The Supreme Court put a stay on the High Court judgement, to allow mining again in Uttarakhand.
The situation has started turning normal, with adequate stock of construction material now available in the market.
Divisional Railway Manager (Moradabad) Pramod Kumar said, “Other train services will operate as normal. Only services of 16 train will start and conclude their journey from Haridwar.”
Most the terminated service are weekly trains. With the arrival of summer the tourism season starts in Uttarakhand.
Pilgrims visit Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunoti and other take a break in Mussoorie and Nainital. The affected train service is all set to hassle the tourists.
Had the mining ban not hit the construction work, the railways would have completed the project by early next month.
The affected service will become normal only after third week in May.
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