The better option is to introduce a New train from Dhanbad to Kolhapur Via Kalyan which is nothing but in Mumbai itself, extending Dikshabhoomi express to Kolhapur will be a long journey and time consuming, because train has to go to Nagpur and again return to Kolhapur in opposite direction on Howrah<-->Mumbai root, The New train for Kolhapur from Dhanbad can run via, Mughalsarai-->Itarsi-->Mammad-->Kalyan or Itarsi-->Jalgaon--> Surat-->Vasai Road--> Kalyan, Lonavala, Pune, Miraj and finally to Kolhapur, this will be the shortest root as well as people from this area can get a train to the city like Surat and Pune also, and let Dikshabhoomi Express to operate from Gaya and extend it to Kanyakumari via Nagpur, Hyderabad, Guntur, Tirupati, Katpadi (Vellor), Bangalore, Salem, Coimbatore, and Madurai, so that there will be two trains for south one already operating between Gaya and Chennai via Mughalsarai, Itarsi, Nagpur and Vijaywada, Introducing this option...
more... will connect the people specially students and IT professionals of this area to cities like Hyderabad, Tirupati, Vellor, Bangalore and Kanyakumari. Dhanbad is already having train for South i.e., Dhanbad-Allepy exp. so no question of operating new Dikshabhoomi Express from Dhanbad.
Sandeep (Dehri on Sone/Bangalore)