Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Hazaribagh-Koderma train on February 20, a senior official said here today.
Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba told reporters that he had come here to assess security arrangements made for the Prime Minister's visit.
Home Secretary N N Pandey, Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar and other senior officials accompanied Gauba who inspected the Hazaribagh railway station.
The 79 km stretch between Hazaribagh and Koderma is the completion of the first phase of the East Central Railway of the ongoing Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana-Ranchi railway line.
