Science Express with its Theme as Climate Change is Traversing the Nation now

Science Express with its Theme as Climate Change is Traversing the Nation now

The Science Express special train with its theme in the current phase as “Climate Change”  will be covering the major cities of India and the train will cover 64 cities in 20 states as per the feasibility given by the Indian Railways. The train is now on its journey now.

Science Express is a flagship initiative of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India for popularising science across India. It is a unique mobile science exhibition mounted on a 16-coach, AC train, travelling across India since 2007. During the last eight years, Science Express has extensively covered different areas across India, wherever broad-gauge rail tracks are available and halt is feasible. During its entire journey since the launch of its 1st phase on 30 October 2007, it has so far covered 1,26,000 km with 405 halts across India.

It is a proposed to cover major cities of 20 more States which includes Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The details of cities/towns proposed to be covered by Science Express Climate Action Special in the current phase with state wise-schedule are as below:

Sr. No.	Station	State	Exhibition Dates
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1.	Delhi Safdarjung	Delhi	15 -17 Oct 2015
2.	Sawai Madhopur	Rajasthan	18 Oct 2015
3.	Ranapratapnagar (Udaipur)	Rajasthan	19 -23 Oct 2015
4.	Bhagat ki Kothi (Jodhpur)	Rajasthan	24 - 25 Oct 2015
5.	Jaisalmer	Rajasthan	26 - 29 Oct 2015
6.	Suratgarh	Rajasthan	30 Oct - 01 Nov 2015
7.	Patiala	Punjab	02 - 04 Nov 2015
8.	Ambala Cantt	Haryana	05 - 08 Nov 2015
9.	Amb Andaura	Himachal Pradesh	09 - 10 Nov 2015
10.	Churaru Takarla	Himachal Pradesh	12 - 13 Nov 2015
11.	Hoshiarpur	Punjab	14 - 16 Nov 2015
12.	Udhampur	Jammu & Kashmir	17 - 20 Nov 2015
13.	Samba	Jammu & Kashmir	21 - 23 Nov 2015
14.	Pathankot	Punjab	24 - 27 Nov 2015
15	Saharanpur	UttarPradesh	28 - 29 Nov 2015
16.	Haridwar	Uttrakhand	30 Nov - 02 Dec 2015
17.	Lalkuan	Uttrakhand	03 - 05 Dec 2015
18.	Pragati Maidan	Delhi	06 - 08 Dec 2015
19.	Anajmandi (Rewari)	Haryana	09 - 11 Dec 2015
20.	Agra Cannt	UttarPradesh	12 - 14 Dec 2015
21.	Shivpuri	Madhya Pradesh	15 - 17 Dec 2015
22.	Khajuraho	Madhya Pradesh	18 - 20 Dec 2015
23.	Allahabad	UttarPradesh	21 - 24 Dec 2015
24.	Basti	UttarPradesh	26 – 28 Dec 2015
25.	New Jalpaiguri	West Bengal	30 – 31 Dec 2015
26.	New Bongaigaon	Assam	01 – 02 Jan 2016
27.	Mariani	Assam	04 – 05 Jan 2016
28.	New Tinsukia	Assam	06 – 07 Jan 2016
29.	Lumding	Assam	08 – 09 Jan 2016
30.	Alipurduar	West Bengal	11 – 12 Jan 2016
31.	Ambikakalna	West Bengal	14 – 17 Jan 2016
32.	Barraackpore	West Bengal	18 – 21 Jan 2016
33.	Jhargram	West Bengal	22 – 24 Jan 2016
34.	Digha F S	West Bengal	25 & 27 Jan 2016
35.	Jharsuguda	Odisha	29 – 30 Jan 2016
36.	Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh	31 Jan – 02 Feb 2016
37.	Kumhari	Chhattisgarh	03 – 06 Feb 2016
38.	Koraput	Odisha	08 – 10 Feb 2016
39.	Vishakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	11 – 13 Feb 2016
40.	Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh	14 – 16 Feb 2016
41.	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	17 – 19 Feb 2016
42.	Secunderabad	Telangana	20 – 23 Feb 2016
43.	Adoni	Andhra Pradesh	24 – 26 Feb 2016
44.	Kadiri	Andhra Pradesh	27 – 29 Feb 2016
45.	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	01 – 03 Mar 2016
46.	Kumbakonam	Tamil Nadu	04 – 06 Mar 2016
47.	Pudukkotai	Tamil Nadu	07 – 09 Mar 2016
48.	Rameswaram	Tamil Nadu	10 – 12 Mar 2016
49.	Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	13 – 16 Mar 2016
50.	Changanaseri	Kerala	17 – 20 Mar 2016
51.	Palakkad	Kerala	22 & 24 Mar 2016
52.	Mangalore Jn	Karnataka	25 – 28 Mar 2016
53.	Ashokapuram	Karnataka	30 Mar – 02 Apr 2016
54.	Hospet	Karnataka	04 – 05 Apr 2016
55.	Wadi	Karnataka	06 – 08 Apr 2016
56.	Nizamabad	Telangana	09 – 11 Apr 2016
57.	Butibori	Maharashtra	13 – 15 Apr 2016
58.	Jalamb	Maharashtra	16 – 18 Apr 2016
59.	Valsad	Gujarat	20 – 22 Apr 2016
60.	Anand	Gujarat	23 – 25 Apr 2016
61.	Patan	Gujarat	26 – 28 Apr 2016
62.	Hapa	Gujarat	29 Apr – 01 May 2016
63.	Junagarh	Gujarat	02 – 04 May 2016
64.	Gandhinagar Capital	Gujarat	05 – 07 May 2016

This was stated by the Minister of State for Science and Technology and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences Shri. Y. S. Chowdary in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.