Prayagraj,

17 March (HS): During the Lok Sabha debate on the Railway Ministry's grant

requests for the fiscal year 2026-27, Prayagraj MP Ujjwal Raman Singh made a

strong case for his area's challenges and development goals. According to MP

representative Vinay Kushwaha, MP Ujjwal Raman Singh presented the problem of

an underpass in Kathouli Meja and Vyohra Karchana as a priority in the House,

as well as the stopping of trains in Manda, Meja, Bhirpur, Karchana, and Jasra

Shankargarh.

He voiced

worry over the sluggish building work at Prayagraj Junction and recommended

renaming Subedarganj station Prayagraj Cantt. MP Ujjwal voiced his

disappointment that Prayagraj was not included in the bullet train line,

claiming that this is stepmotherly treatment of Prayagraj because the Kumbh

Mela is hosted here, attracting crores of visitors to this holy and educational

city. He stated that instead of prioritizing bullet trains or premium trains,

bearing in mind the bulk of the general public, emphasis should be made to the

running of passenger trains that were closed during Covid since railways are

the poor's lifeline. “The Modi government demonstrated the ambition of

transporting people in slippers on airplanes and then removing them off trains,”

he opined prior to signing off.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi