A lot of work is being done in Himachal from the railway point of view: Kashyap
, Former state president of BJP Suresh Kashyap participated in the program of modernization of Indian Railways organized at Shimla Railway Station.
He said that today Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of several railway projects worth more than Rs 85,000 crore across the country and dedicated them to the nation. The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of railway workshops, loco sheds, pit lines/coaching depots.
PM Modi today flagged off 10 new Vande Bharat Railways in the country.
Kashyap said that the rail service in Shimla is the oldest rail service and the purpose of rail tourism is fulfilled from the point of view of Shimla.
He said that it is the resolve of our Central Government that there will be no shortage of budget for the construction of strategically important Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Barri, Nangal Dam-Talwara, and Chandigarh-Baddi railway lines. The Central Government has made a provision of Rs 2,500 crore for the three railway lines of Himachal in the interim budget. Of these, a maximum Rs 1700 crore will be available for the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Barry rail line. Nangal Dam-Talwara will get Rs 500 crore and Chandigarh-Baddi will get Rs 300 crore. Among these, the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Barry railway line is prominent. In the budget of 2023-24, this railway line had got a budget of one thousand crores, but considering its expenditure, it has been revised to Rs. 1399 crores. Nangal Dam-Talwara received Rs 450 crore in the last budget, which is being spent entirely in this financial year. Chandigarh-Baddi also got Rs 450 crore in the last budget. Only about Rs 165 crore has been spent on this project so far. Rs 500 crore more will be available. With the provision of a budget for all three railway lines, their work will now gain further momentum. In Himachal, the work of the 63-kilometer Bhanupalli-Bilaspur railway line, about 84-kilometer Nangal Dam-Talwara, 33-kilometer Baddi-Chandigarh railway line is in full swing. An additional budget provision of Rs 24 crore has been made for two railway lines of the state.
Suresh Kashyap said that in Himachal Pradesh, Congress leaders are trying to take credit for the Prime Minister’s village road schemes, this is also happening in Shimla district where the government ministers are trying to loot the people thereby putting up their placards. When the work of Phase 3 of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is completed, the name of the MP of the area should also be on the plaque, but this is not happening in some places, it is unfortunate. We would like to tell the public directly that all the inaugurations being done by the Congress government are the work of the former Bharatiya Janata Party government.
Railway officers Sandeep Dhawal, Himanshu, Gurpreet Singh, BJP officials Karan Nanda, Prem Thakur, Sunil Dhar, Sanjay Sood, Gaurav Kashyap and Tarun were present.
