Local residents have demanded a direct train from Kalka to Haridwar as a large number of people visit the holy city in Uttarakhand for the cremation of their relatives throughout the year.
The local panchayats have taken up the issue with the railway authorities several times. Virender Kashyap, former Shimla MP, had raised the issue in the Lok Sabha and had also sent a resolution to the then Railway Minister in 2015.
