Puja carnival planned at Serampore instead of Chinsurah
This year the district Durga Puja carnival will be held at Serampore, instead of Chinsurah as per the directive of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
The UNESCO Heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has marked the highest ever earnings and passenger footfalls in the history of the DHR during the financial year till December 2023, a senior railway official said today. The chief public relations officer, NFR, Sabyasachi De, said, “The DHR has recorded the highest ever revenue of nearly Rs 17.3 crore, surpassing all the previous records due to introduction of more joyride services.”
Official sources said that huge footfall during this peak season of tourist flow in the section and growth in the passenger traffic led rise in the earning. Notably, daily service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling and joy ride services are being operated between Darjeeling and Ghum in the DHR. The DHR also introduced special services like Steam Jungle Tea Safari, Red Panda, Him Kanya and more attractive services like charter trains, special film shooting trains, heritage dining cars etc.
Significantly, Ghum winter festival was successfully organized from 25 November to 10 December last year. “Several initiatives have also been taken for the promotion of DHR in the country and abroad. To boost tourism, new co aches were introduced and new services were launch ed. Darjeeling station is being upgraded with new features like heritage type windows, Kanchenjunga view point etc,” said CPRO Sabyasachi De.
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