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Samiti presents blue print for Kathua rail link

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KATHUA : Nav Kathua Railway Station Nirmaan Samiti has finalised blue print for railway project to Billawar and geared up door to door movement to make it as public demand, Samiti said on Sunday.
Regarding the demand of railway line to Billawar, Samiti conducted several meetings in Pallan, Phinter, and Billawar and introduced the project. While speaking in several meetings, Samiti spokespersons Sanjeev Verma and Bunty Bhola said this new project is extended wing of Kathua Railway line project according to which the link will be diverted from Logate via Kumri Kathera and onwards to Billawar areas where Phinter is proposed as viable point of railway station for Billawar area and more important thing in this project is the possibility of a wide rail net expansion across the Basohli and Bani Tehsil also.
From Phinter the rail link further be forwarded to Gujaroo Nagrota, Ramkot and will join at Manwal railway station, as per the project report.
Sanjeev Verma said this entire project is given the name as Madhopur Manwal Rail Link (MMRL). As per the project report 80 kilometers distance of Billawar from Kathua will wind up at just 30 kilometers, thus reducing distance between Kathua Mukharji Chowk to Phinter/Billawar Tehsil.
Bunty Bhola and Sanjeev Verma told that through this new rail link, entire Kathua can be united and well linked that will be a key factor to promote the all round development of Billawar, Basohli and Bani. If this project gets sanction then Billawar, Bani and Basohli can be developed as major tourist spots that will boom the economic as well as all kinds of development in these remote and backward areas.
The people in the meeting include ex-Sarpanch of Panchayat Pallan Daya Ram, Surinder Singh, Naib Sarpanch Kishore, Surinder Paul Singh, Subash Chander Nanda, Narinder Basotra, and many others who joined the meeting and supported demand of railway line upto at Billawar and urged the Union Government to consider the demand.

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