A proposal has been sent to the Railway Board to provide halts for 12 pairs of trains, including the Agartala, Sealdah Rajdhani, and other trains at Prayagraj Junction. Currently, 24 trains pass through Prayagraj Junction without stopping, causing inconvenience to passengers. With the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, the demand...
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for halting these trains has increased. The North Central Railway Prayagraj Division hopes that the Railway Board will approve the proposal. The current list of trains without a halt at Prayagraj Junction includes the Rajendra Nagar-New Delhi Sampoorna Kranti Express (12393/12394), Sealdah-Anand Vihar West Bengal Sampark Kranti (12329/12330), Sealdah-Amritsar Superfast (12379/12380), New Delhi-Agartala Rajdhani Express (20501/20502), Bikaner-Sealdah Duronto Express (12259/12260), Ranchi-Anand Vihar Superfast (12825/12826), Bhubaneshwar-Anand Vihar Odisha Sampark Kranti (12819/12820), Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (12313/12314), Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (20839/20840), New Delhi-Howrah Duronto Express (12273/12274), New Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Humsafar Express (12281/12282), and Delhi-Bhagalpur Vikramshila Express (12367/12368).

There is good news for railway passengers. There is hope that 12 pairs of trains, including the Agartala and Sealdah Rajdhani Express, will start stopping at Prayagraj Junction before the Kumbh Mela. Currently, 24 trains pass through Prayagraj Junction without stopping. A proposal has been sent to the Railway Board regarding...
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this. It is expected that these trains will start stopping at the junction before the Kumbh Mela. A total of 264 trains pass through Prayagraj Junction, with 35 pairs (70 trains) operating daily, 108 trains operating once a week, and others operating between two to four days a week. Prayagraj is the most populous district in the state and is also known as a religious and spiritual city. Several state-level offices, including the Allahabad High Court, are located in Prayagraj. Despite being the location of the General Manager and Divisional Railway Manager offices, 24 pairs of trains do not stop here, while all of these trains stop at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, located approximately 150 km away. Considering the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj next year, a demand has been made to ensure that all trains passing through the city stop there. Currently, a proposal has been sent to the Railway Board for all non-stop trains passing through Prayagraj to stop, keeping the Kumbh Mela in mind. The Senior DCM of North Central Railway Prayagraj Division, Himanshu Shukla, states that there is hope that the board will grant permission for the trains to stop here.

There's good news for train passengers! A proposal has been sent to the Railway Board to have 12 pairs of trains, including the Agartala and Sealdah Rajdhani Express, stop at Prayagraj Junction before the Kumbh Mela. Currently, 24 trains pass through Prayagraj Junction without stopping. Prayagraj Junction handles a total of...
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264 trains, with 35 pairs (70 trains) running daily and 108 trains operating once a week. Other trains run two to four days a week. While Prayagraj is the most populated district in the state and known for its religious significance, with offices like the Allahabad High Court, 24 pairs of trains do not stop at the junction, even though it is the headquarters of the Railway's General Manager and Divisional Railway Manager. These trains stop at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, about 150 km away. Given that the Kumbh Mela will be held in Prayagraj next year, there is a demand to ensure that all trains passing through the city stop there. The proposal for all non-stop trains passing through Prayagraj Junction to stop has been sent to the Railway Board in anticipation of the Kumbh Mela. The Senior DCM of the North Central Railway Prayagraj Division, Himanshu Shukla, is hopeful that the board will approve the proposal for the trains to stop at Prayagraj Junction.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for a cold wave in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Rajasthan on January 25th, followed by an orange alert until January 28th. A dense fog is expected in northern India for the next 4 days, with visibility below 400...
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meters on January 26th in Delhi. Light rain or snowfall is predicted in the Western Himalayas from January 25th to 30th due to two weak Western Disturbances. The IMD has also forecast light rain in Odisha, West Bengal, Sikkim, Northeast India, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and coastal Andhra Pradesh over the next two days. Moderate rainfall is expected in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from January 25th to 28th. Cold day conditions are expected in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh on January 26th, followed by cold day conditions in the same regions on January 27th and 28th. Due to dense fog, several flight operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport were delayed, and several trains, including the Gaya-New Delhi Mahabodi Express (12397), Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express (12801), Katihar-Amritsar Express (15707), Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (22811), and Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Duronto (12281), were delayed by more than 5 hours.