Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday asserted that Punjab being the food bowl for the whole nation, the Centre would leave no stone unturned to develop its railway stations.
He said that Railway Stations of Amritsar and ludhiana will be developed as ‘Modern Railway Stations’. In near future, work will be initiated to start high speed train between Amritsar to New Delhi, he added.
He said, “We have already tested train to run at the speed of 180 kilometers per hours which remained successful and after watching its results Amritsar to be attached with the high speed train.”
Prabhu rue over the pending railway line work from Amritsar to Patti via Ferozpur due to incorporation of State Government, and now hope that it would begin again with the help of State Government.
He said that the Centre focusing to produce solar energy from waste materials that would reduce railways expenditures so that passengers could be extended maximum facilities during travel. Railway Ministry would install solar panels in all the railway building across the nation in order to reduce electricity expenditure.