By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Mar 14: Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi said today that prestigious rail project to Kashmir valley was likely to be delayed for want of adequate funding as he pointed out that Railways was passing through financial crunch and a very tough period. However, he announced electrification of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail line in the 12th five year plan, which was going to start from April 1 this year. Mr Trivedi also sanctioned a bridge factory and an Institute for Tunnel and Bridge Engineering for Jammu and Kashmir. Though no new train was announced for Jammu or Udhampur, the Railways Minister said that frequency of Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express, a weekly train between Udhampur-Jammu-Rohilla has been upgraded to thrice a week. In his budget speech in Lok Sabha today, a copy of which has been accessed by the Excelsior, Dinesh Trivedi announced that an Institute for Tunnel and Bridge Engineering would be set up at Jammu. “A bridge factory would come up in Jammu and Kashmir’’, he said.
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