Indore-Mhow rail line staged a protest at Indore railway station

Indore | Saturday | 11th February, 2017

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"If the railways does not start the gauge conversion work immediately, there will be a mass movement," Silawat said. The issue of gauge conversion along the Fatehabad-Ujjain track was also raised. INDORE: Congress leaders along with hundreds of travellers from villages along Indore-Mhow rail line staged a protest at Indore railway station demanding a change in schedules of some local trains from Indore to Mhow as well as those going till Ratlam.The protestors demanded that a train connecting Mhow with Indore, whose scheduled timing is 5.20am at Mhow, be rescheduled to 6.25am. "If the railways does not start the gauge conversion work immediately, there will be a mass movement," Silawat said.Officials of railways said that they would look into the demands of protesters.The gauge conversion along the 21 km Indore-Mhow stretch was opened in June last year. The railways is not concerned about its passengers," said Tulsi Silawat, Congress leader.Protesters also demanded more trains on the route and new trains on Fatehabad-Ujjain route..