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Coimbatore
Demand for restoration of stopped trains to Southern Districts of TN
October 14, 2019
Coimbatore : An all party meeting Monday decided to hold a series of agitations, if the Railways failed to restore train services, stopped during gauge conversion of Coimbatore-Pollachi track.
Despite the completion of conversion a year ago, the railways had not resumed the operations of trains to various Southern Districts of the State,, CPIM MP, P R Natarajan told reporters here.
Representative of CPIM, DMK, MDMK, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal, Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhagam and a few other organisations participated in the meeting and demanded resumption of Coimbatore-Tuticorin, Coimbatore- Rameshwaram, Coimbatore-Madurai and an overnight train to Bengaluru, he said.
As a first step, a signature campaign will be held on October 23 near the City Railway Station, which will be submitted to the concerned authorities.
If the demand was not met within a stipulated time, a series of agitations, including train blockade will be organised, Natarajan said.
