Lucknow, Dec. 3 -- Dandupur railway station, situated between Pratapgarh and Badshahpur on the Lucknow-Varanasi rail section, will now be named `Maa Barahi Devi Dham'. The consent of the central government has been received and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also given his nod to change the name.

Giving information through a tweet on Thursday, the CM office stated that a notification will be issued in this regard after getting approval from the CM.

It is to be mentioned that it has been a long-pending demand to change the name of the railway station located in the Raniganj tehsil headquarters of Pratapgarh district. CM Yogi took the initiative to give special recognition to local religious and spiritual sites while respecting the aspi...