Railways extends services of 22 pairs of trains

Railways have extended services of 22 pairs of trains across the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday, January 23. 

These trains include the 18107/18108 Rourkela-Koraput Express extended to Jagdalpur, 14369/24369-14370/24370 Bareilly-Singrauli/ Shaktinagar Express extended to Tanakpur, 14630/14629 Firozpur-Ludhiana Cantt Sutluj Express extended to Chandigarh, 24887/24888 Barmer-Haridwar Link Express extended to Rishikesh, 18213/18214 Durg-Jaipur Express extended till Ajmer, 19710/19709 Kamakhya-Jaipur Kaviguru Express extended to Udaipur.

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"All these extensions have been planned by utilising the lie-over periods of the existing trains at their respective terminating stations. These extensions will help in more gainful utilisation of coaching stock and will augment revenue of Indian Railways," Goyal told reporters after the announcement of the extensions.

The railway minister also said that the railways are in the process of recruiting four lakh people as 1. 32 lakh seats are presently vacant and 1 lakh employees will retire in two days. 

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Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Goyal said: '' Around 2.32 lakh vacancies are to be filled in the railway as 1. 32 lakh seats are presently vacant and 1 lakh employees will retire in two years. last year, we started a mission to provide employment to 1.50 lakh people, which will be completed in the next two months.'' 

He further said that youth is very enthusiastic about coming to Indian Railways and we welcome them. Notification for recruitment of 1, 31, 428 posts will be issued. These notifications will be issued in February or March this year.