Eight new Garib Raths to be introduced

New Delhi, Feb 26 (UNI) Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today announced introduction of eight "Garib Rath" (air conditioned trains for common people) and 32 new trains.

Presenting the Railway Budget for 2007-08 in the Lok Sabha, he said eight new Garib Rath trains would be introduced in keeping with the policy of linking all state capitals with this train which is intended to provide ac comfort at an affordable rate.

Mr Prasad announced the "Garib Rath" scheme in last year's budget and introduced four trains in the past one year.

New Gari Rath trains: Secunderabad-Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express (3 days in a week), Jaipur-Bandra (Terminus) via Ahmedabad Garib Rath Express (3 days in a week), Kolkata-Patna Garib Rath Express (3 days in a week), Bhubaneswar-Ranchi Garib Rath Express (3 days in a week), Thiruvananthapuram-Lokmanya Tilak (Terminus) Garib Rath Express (2 days in a week), Kolkata-Guwahati Garib Rath Express (2 days in a week), New Delhi-Dehradun Garib Rath Express (3 days in a week) and Raipur-Lucknow Jn. Garib Rath Express (2 days in a week).

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