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| Setback to Kashmir rail link project as work suspended |
| Press Trust Of India / New Delhi Aug 11, 2008, 00:11 IST |
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Exploring a new alignment in the Katra-Qazigund section, the rail ministry has decided to suspend the ongoing construction work on a 70-km stretch in the Kashmir rail link project.
In a letter written to the Konkan Railway, the executing agency of the 70-km line, the ministry has asked that all work be stopped except for the construction of a main road in the segment till further order.
Konkan Railway Managing Director Anurag Mishra confirmed receiving a written order to this effect. “We have received a communication from the authorities concerned to stop the construction work barring main road work till further order.”
The ministry has suggested examination of an alternative alignment between Katra and Dharam in the Katra-Qazigund section as the current one is found to be too problematic.
“We have taken a pause to reappraise the alignment. This has been done to avoid wastage of money and resources on the project,” Railway Board Member (Engineering) SK Vij said.
Hinting at a fresh geological survey of the area to decide the future course of action, Vij said, “The existing alignment is causing so much problem and in any case very little progress has been done since the commencement of the work in the last four-and-a-half years.”
The earlier survey of the 70-km-long, Rs 6,800-crore project was found to be inadequate.
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