Union Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw has knowledgeable that solely three rakes have to this point been allotted to service suppliers below the Bharat Gaurav coverage of the federal government. The Minister mentioned this in a written reply to questions concerning the Bharat Gaurav coverage and its present standing within the Lok Sabha.
Launched in November final 12 months after due consultations with stakeholders, the Bharat Gaurav coverage envisages the personal sector to take rakes on lease from the Railways and run them with their very own branding on thematic circuits for tourism functions. The target of the coverage was to showcase India’s wealthy cultural heritage and luxurious historic locations to the individuals of India and the world by these devoted trains.
The Minister in his written reply has mentioned that to this point solely three rakes have been allotted to service suppliers in opposition to registered calls for. The Railway Minister additionally clarified that to this point no request for allotment of rakes has been rejected by the division.
Out of the three rakes allotted below the scheme, to this point two have been operationalised. The primary one was by a personal operator from Tamil Nadu, who put the practice into the thematic circuit connecting Coimbatore with Shirdi in Maharashtra.
The second Bharat Gaurav Vacationer Prepare is operated by IRCTC, a PSU below the Railways Ministry, on the Ramayan Circuit. Lately, the practice made its maiden journey connecting Delhi with Janakpur in Nepal and different essential religious websites in India like Varanasi, Hospet, Rameshwaram, Kanchipuram, Bhadrachalam, and so forth.
On the launch of the Ramayana circuit practice, the Tourism Minister, G Kishan Reddy had mentioned {that a} dozen extra thematic vacationer trains are on the anvil giving a chance to discover the nation.
Whereas the federal government has introduced the Bharat Gaurav coverage to encourage personal entities to function trains on thematic circuits, the personal stakeholders have expressed reservations in regards to the excessive haulage fees of the Railways below the Bharat Gaurav coverage which they really feel make the mission financially unviable for traders. Based on personal trade sources, the haulage fees have been hiked by greater than 50 per cent below the brand new coverage.
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