PP Prabha Mallikarjun, former MP G S Basavaraju and MLA B P Harish green flag Belagavi-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train in Davangere on Sunday.
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Davangere/DHNS: The Vande Bharat train services will give a boost to education, health and business of Central Karnataka region. Such train services complement development, said MP Prabha Mallikarjun.
She was speaking after welcoming the new 'Bengaluru-Belagavi-Vande Bharat' train at Davangere railway station on Sunday. The train, after a brief halt, left for Belagavi. MP Prabha Mallikarjun, MLA B P Harish and former Union minister G S Basavaraju green flagged the train.
However, a direct train between Davangere-Chitradurga-Tumakuru is long-pending and once materialised, reaching Bengaluru will be comfortable. The work on the line must expedited at the earliest, she urged. She suggested to better food quality at railway station and hygiene must also be maintained.
DHUDA chairman Dinesh K Shetty, former minister M P Renukacharya and Divisional Railway Manager Shamid Hamid were present.