Puducherry-Kanyakumari weekly express train flagged off

Union Minister of State for Railways K J Surya Prakash Reddy today flagged off the Puducherry-Kanyakumari weekly express train service here.
The train service would enable the passengers from here to travel to different districts in the southern parts of Tamil Nadu, he said.
Shortage of pilots was standing in the way of introducing newer train services, Reddy said.
By November, training of pilots would be over and thereafter new train facilities would come into being in Puducherry, Karaikal and few other parts, the Union minister added.
Meanwhile, Union Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy criticised Chief Minister N Rangasamy for his absence at the function.

He alleged that the Puducherry government was not playing an active role for development of railway infrastructure in the Union Territory and instead was indulging in blame-game.