Speaking after witnessing the event he said, stoppage of these two trains have been made possible due to the united struggle putforth by several non-governmental Organisations, ministers, parliamentarians and the Minister for Railways.
Moreover, amount has been sanctioned for the construction of the new platform and work on the same would begin soon. Also, a proposal has been sent to the concerned parliamentarians with regard to the creation of link facility between Chikkaballapur and Gauribidanur, explained Shivashankar Reddy.
Also, efforts will be directed towards providing basic facilities at the railway station, he assured.
Town Municipal Council member Ananthraj, Padmavatamma Joolappa, N R Radhakrishna Gupta, Shafique, K L Nagaswamy, Manjunath, former Town Municipal Council member G K Sathish, Block Congress President and Taluk Panchayat member B J Venugopala Reddy, Block Congress Secretary Venkatraman, Gopi, Venkatesh, Prasad, Sriramaiah, Vijikumar, Chandrashekar and leaders from Pappad Sellers Association were present on the occasion.