LUCKNOW: The railway ministry on Tuesday renamed eight railway stations of Amethi district.
A proposal was sent to ministry of Home Affair by former MP of Amethi Smriti Irani earlier in the month February, following which in the month of March, MHA gave its nod to rename the Kasimpur Halt as Jais City, Jais as Guru Gorakhnath Dham, Bani as Swami Paramhans, Misrauli as Maa Kalikan Dham, Nihalgarh as Maharaja Bijli Pasi, Akabarganj as Maa Ahorwa Bhawani Dham, Warisganj as Amar Shahid Bhale Sultan and Fursatganj as Tapeshwarnath Dham.
"Due to the model code of conduct during Lok Sabha elections, the renaming of the railway stations was not implemented, but on Tuesday, the railway ministry finally issued notification about the changes. Soon the railway CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems) will also update the renamed railway stations. ," said senior divisional commercial manager, Rekha Sharma of Lucknow division, northern railways.
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Read MoreArvind Chauhan is an experienced journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the newspapers industry as well as for the social media wing as digital content creator. He has covered subjects like railways, aviation, defence, energy, health, real estate, minority affairs, women and child development, crime, customs, telecom, district court, district administration, roads and infrastructure, armed forces tribunal, and regional politics across Uttar Pradesh. He began his career in Lucknow, and has done reporting in West Uttar Pradesh. He has won the Times Scribe Award four times including for busting fake news, and extensive coverage on Covid orphans. He graduated with a journalism degree from Times School of Journalism and BA (Honors) in English from Lucknow University.
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