CM urges Prabhu to approve 2 rail links

CHANDIGARH: Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu to speedily approve the state government’s proposals for constructing two new broad-gauge links in the state — from Qadian to Beas and Gharyala to Mallanwala.

The CM said while he had directed officials of the public works department to and pursue these issues with the railways, he would request Prabhu to intervene and advise officials to expedite decision/finalization on these two projects.

The CM said he had requested the Qadian-Beas link construction in a letter dated May 31, but the pace of work was slow.

OntheGharyala-Mallanwala link, Amarinder said it would help connect the border districts of Amritsar and Ferozepur and give tremendous fillip to trade and industry in those regions. The state government has sought 25km connectivity between the Gharyala railway station on the Amritsar-Khemkaran line to Mall anw ala on Fe rozep ur-J alandh arline connecting Amritsar and Ferozepur districts. HTC