Excelsior Correspondent
Kathua, June 12: “Nav Kathua Railway Station Nirman Samiti has demanded the construction of Railway Station behind the Ramleela Ground near Boliyan and urged Dr Jitendra Singh to plead the long pending genuine demand of the Kathua people for the construction of a new Railway Station behind the Ramleela Ground, near Sadhu Ki Boliyan at Kathua.
While speaking to the media spokespersons, Samiti office bearers Sanjeev Verma, Er.Varinder Sharma, Raj Kumar, Pankaj Chalotra, Rajinder Pacifist, Vikas Singh, Amrish Sharma, Sunil Kumar, Sachin sharma, Advocate Kasturi Lal and Bunty Bhola said that the demand which is pending for the last more than six decades. They said in 2005, Samiti was organized by some educated volunteers and I made hard efforts to evolve a concrete and comprehensive DPR for the construction of Railway Station in the heart of Kathua town, they added.
Finally, railway’s technical concerned wings have declared the viability of project and Okayed a feasibility survey. They said the survey shows that as many as 30 villages of Andar area including Kharkra, Jarai, Kokhyal, Nagri, Jakhbar, Narote, Bamyial, Padiyari and many more and the town Kathua with a collective population would benefit from the new track as the distance from the nearest railway station would be reduced by 78%.
Now the Samiti has urged the new MP Dr. Jitendra Singh and Minister of State in Union Government led by Narendra Modi to take the issue with Railway Minister
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