In a letter to Union Minister Suresh Prabhu, the Chief Minister apprised him that Malout was a very flourishing town from where a number of traders travel daily to Delhi.
Likewise, Nanded Sahib was one of the important pilgrim centres of the Sikhs and a large number of devotees pay obeisance at this sacred place every year, it said.
Badal said that the halting of Sarai Rohilla-Ganganagar Express and Sri Ganganagar-Nanded Express at Malout station would facilitate the passengers of south western Punjab to travel to Delhi besides paying obeisance at Nanded Sahib.