Rly minister has assured about train availability for pilgrimage scheme for elderly Sisodia

Delhi | Thursday | 12th December, 2019

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New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia met Railways Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday and said that he has been assured that trains will be made available very soon for the Delhi government's 'Mukhyamantri Tirath Yatra Yojana'. The scheme, under which the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government sends senior citizens on pilgrimage, has been temporarily suspended due to non-availability of trains. "Met Railways Minister Piyush Goyal over Mukhyamantri Tirath Yatra. He has assured me of providing trains for the yatra very soon," Sisodia told reporters after the meeting. The Deputy chief minister said the Delhi government expected to get more trains to enable pilgrimage of 30,000 senior citizen, whose rail reservation were made under the scheme..