Quazigund-Anantnag line in J&K to be inaugurated soon

Quazigund-Anantnag line will be completed by August 2009 and will be inaugurated soon. This was announced by the Minister of Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee in her Railway Budget 2009-10 speech in Parliament today.

She said the work on the J&K project has got a set back as difficulties have been faced on the part of the line from Udhampur to Katra and Katra to Quazigund.

The Minister said that the alignment on Katra-Quazigund section has been under review and an Expert Committee appointed to study the issues involved has recently submitted its report. She said, as safety of the passengers is the foremost concern, the decision in this project has to be made very carefully.

Source : Equity Bulls

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