Oct 04, 2005

Sindh-Rajasthan train to run from Jan: Pakistan


Pakistan has said the much-awaited train service between Khokrapar in Sindh province and Munabao in Rajasthan would begin from January next year
Pakistan has said the much-awaited train service between Khokrapar in Sindh province and Munabao in Rajasthan would begin from January next year.

Work is on to lay broad-gauge railway track on the Pakistan side and it would be completed by December this year, Pakistani railway officials were quoted as saying by the official APP news agency.

The track between Mirpurkhas to Jamrao has been completed while the track was being laid from Chhore to Dhorna in Sindh, they said.

External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh, who would be visiting Karachi tomorrow, was expected to be briefed by officials of the Sindh provincial administration on the progress on the railway line.

Source: Expressindia.com