Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has demanded setting up of new rail projects, especially in its industrial belt of Baddi-Barotiwala, besides expediting ongoing rail projects, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said in Shimla on Monday.
"I met Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and apprised him about adequate funding for ongoing projects," he told reporters in Shimla.
Virbhadra Singh said the issue of connecting industrial township of Baddi with broad-gauge railway line and extending proposed metro rail network in Chandigarh up to Baddi was also taken up.
Official sources said the Chief Minister has sought funding in the ratio 75:25 for the Bhanupalli-Beri project.
Delay in completion of the Nangal-Talwara and Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri rail lines was also taken up with Bansal, he added.
Official sources said the Chief Minister has sought funding in the ratio 75:25 for the Bhanupalli-Beri project.
Likewise, the conversion of the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge rail line into broad gauge was also taken up, sources said.
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Virbhadra Singh (born June 23, 1934) is a former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, India. He last held the office from March 6, 2003 until 30 December 2007. He also served in that position from 1983 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. He is a mem ...
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