Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to speedily approve the State Government’s proposals for constructing two new broad-gauge links in the State.
Capt Amarinder, in his letter, requested Prabhu to personally intervene and advise the concerned officers to hasten decision or finalisation on these two issues.
The Chief Minister said he had directed the officers of the State Public Works Department to coordinate and pursue these issues with the Union Railways Ministry.
The Chief Minister said he had requested the Qadian-Beas link construction in a letter, dated May 31, 2017, but the pace of work was observed to be slow and it needed to be expedited.
On the issue of Gharyala-Mallanwala BG link, which he had also raised on May 31, Capt Amarinder said that 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 25 kms connectivity between Gharyala Railway Station on Amritsar-Khemkaran line to Mallanwala on Ferozepur-Jalandhar line connecting Amritsar and Ferozepur districts.
The Chief Minister urged Prabhu’s personal intervention to ensure that the matters are speedily decided upon, in the interest of the state and its people.