Indian Railways has decided to restart the premium Buddhist circuit train for domestic passengers. Now its name will be ‘Dekho Apna Desh AC Deluxe Tourist Train’. IRCTC has decided to run premium trains again on many routes from October to December. These include Ramayana, Northeast and Chardham Yatra circuits.
The premium train will carry 150 people on the North-East circuit. This train will travel to five states of North-East. On November 26, this train will leave the capital Delhi for the first time. Achyut Singh, Joint General Manager, IRCTC Tourism said that this train will travel for 15 days and 14 nights.
How much will the rent be?
IRCTC official said that the total fare will be Rs 1 lakh per person including all the expenses during the journey. He said that only those who have received both the doses of corona vaccine will be able to travel in this train.
Singh said that the arrival of foreign tourists was banned during the Kovid period. Due to this the railways suffered a lot. These premium trains have been resumed to compensate for this loss. IRCTC officials say that it will take at least a year for foreign tourists to arrive as before. Achyut Singh also told that seats are being booked fast in this train.
He said, “There is a good response on the introduction of these trains. Booking has been done recently for Char Dham Yatra and booking is also going on for Ramayana circuit. This journey will start after Diwali. He said that in these trains, along with food, the cost of transporting the passengers to the respective places by bus is also borne. No separate payment is made from the passengers for this.
