LUDHIANA, June 18:The Ludhiana Member Parliament Manish Tewari yesterday met the Railway Minister Mamta Bannerjee in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum listing various pending and sanctioned railway projects for Ludhiana. The MP also sought the resumption of the special Ludhiana Delhi Shatabadi Express which was started last year and ran for about four months. Tewari was accompanied by party colleague Pawan Dewan also.
According to a press release issued here today, the Railway Minister assured Tewari that the projects would be taken up at the earliest and completed in a time bound manner. She also assured that she would personally ensure that the Ludhiana-New Delhi Shatabadi is resumed at the earliest.
Among the main projects Tewari listed the Lakkar Bridge, which is an important link between the old and new city and has been pending completion for a long time and it is the railways which need to complete the work.
He said, the project report on Dana Mandi Gill Road, Railway overbridge on Dhuri railway line has already been submitted to the ministry but there has not been any response so far. He appealed to the minister that it may be sanctioned in this year's budget only.
Tewari added, the Canal - Dhuri line railway overbridge is very important for the smooth and hassle free traffic in the city. With frequent movement of the trains on this line the traffic remains suspended quite frequently for long durations. The overbridge is needed on urgent basis. Canal–Ferozepur line railway overbridge, the proposal for which is pending with the railways for a long time may also be sanctioned at the earliest, he said.
Besides there are three important railway overbridges required to be built in the heart of the city without which the bottlenecks cannot be removed, he pointed out, while adding, these include one each on Convent School Pakhowal Road, Shastri Nagar–Railway under bridge and Giaspura–Railway overbridge .Besides, he added, the railway overbrdige needs to be completed on Jagaraon Raikote road.
Tewari also reiterated his demand for increasing the speed of trains on Amritsar-Delhi track, modernising the Ludhiana railway station, increasing the railway quota of seats for Ludhiana from 4 to 40, provision of quota in Sachkhand Express and other trains, conversion of the Dhandari and Jassian Railway Stations into Substation as it will provide relief to the labour from UP, Bihar, and West Bengal and Orissa, besides starting work on Kolkata-Ludhiana freight corridor at the earliest.
It is submitted that the railways has not made any significant improvement in the city for a long time. The projects have not been reviewed for decades while the population of the city has increased by at least five times. Completion of these projects in the dire need of the hour.
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By : News Team
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