Sanskrit to replace Urdu language on signboards at Uttarakhand stations

The railway authorities have decided to replace Urdu language on signboards at state platforms with Sanskrit. The signboards will now be written of railway stations in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. The decision has been taken as per provisions of the Railway Manual, which says that names of the railway stations should be written in Hindi, English and in the second language of the state.

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In 2010, the Uttarakhand government had become the first in the country to give Sanskrit the status of second official language of the Himalayan state. The names of railway stations which will be changed from Urdu to Sanskrit are Dehradun, Haridwar, Roorkee, Laksar, Raiwala, Doiwala, Rishikesh, to name a few.