A long-standing demand of commuters in Tirupattur district has come to an end as the Chennai - Bengaluru Shatabdi Express will halt at the railway station in Jolarpet town in Tirupattur from Sunday.
As a mark of the event, C.N. Annadurai, Member of Parliament (Tiruvannamalai constituency), K. Devaraji and A. Nallathambi, MLAs for Jolarpet and Tirupattur, flagged off the express train at Jolarpet railway station on Sunday evening in the presence of C.V. Kuppusamy, Station Manager (in-charge). However, a verbal spat broke out between the DMK and the BJP cadre at the railway station over the flagging off of the train. The Jolarpet police pacified the cadre of both the parties.
The stoppage at Jolarpet railway station was a long-pending demand of commuters from big towns like Tirupattur, Vaniyambadi, Ambur, Gudiyatham and Pernambut. “It’s a big relief for the local commuters as they can board the express train on time easily. The train will stop at the station for one minute,” K. Sekar, Station Manager (SM), Jolarpet, told The Hindu.
