Responding promptly to a tweet, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu came to the aid of a hungry child traveling in a train delayed by fog, ensuring that the five-year-old was provided with milk and biscuits by the railway authorities.
The child, Avish, who was traveling with his mother Kusum Yadav, boarded the Manduadih (Varanasi) New Delhi Super Fast Express early yesterday which got delayed due to dense fog.
The child's father Satyendra Yadav, who is based in Delhi, tweeted to Prabhu seeking help for his child who felt pangs of hunger after milk ran out due to the train running behind schedule.
Responding to the tweet, Prabhu swung into action and directed the DRM of Allahabad to take action in the case, PRO of North-Central Railway Amit Malviya said today.
Following this, the station master of Fatehpur station provided the family with food when the train arrived there, Malviya said.
When the train arrived at Kanpur Station later in the day, Railway authorities there were waiting with milk and biscuits for the child, the PRO said.
Later, the mother thanked the railway officials for their prompt service, he added.
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The Railway Minister told a press conference in Aizawl
that export of bamboo products and handicraft from the region to the rest of the country would be given priority, while North East Integrated Tourism Development Programme would boost tourism in the area.
The Ministry of Railways has already conducted a survey to connect southernmost Mizoram's Hmawngbuchhuah area near Myanmar border.
This was being done for establishing a link with the road constructed under the Kaladan Multi Modal Transport Project linking Sittwe port in Myanmar.
This would make Mizoram the gateway to Asian countries.
Northeast Frontier Railway officials said land acquisition for the ongoing construction of broad gauge line between Bairabi and Sairang has been almost completed except for additional land acquisition of about 40 hectares.
The broad gauge train service between Bairabi and Sairang would include both freight and passenger trains, they said.
