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Omar highlights importance of railways in J&K

India Blooms News Service | | Jul 05, 2014, at 03:47 am

#Omar Abdullah highlights importance of railways in J&K

Katra, July 4 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday underlined the importance of railways in a state like his and highlighted the need of early completion of unconnected stretches of Jammu-Baramulla Railway track.

He said that economic linkage of Jammu and Kashmir will get comprehensive boost by this initiative.

Addressing the gathering on the occasion of inauguration of Katra Railway Station here by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the J&K Chief Minister also underscored the need for linking Poonch-Rajouri, Doda-Kishtwar in Jammu Division with the railways and extension of railway tracks in Kashmir Valley to various places particularly Tangmarg, Pahalgam and other tourist resorts.

He said that railway service in Kashmir was a dream and referred the significant contributions made by former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh in realizing this cherished desire of the people.

He said that economic linkage in Jammu and Kashmir and with the rest of country is largely dependent on the railways.

He thanked Narendra Modi for inaugurating the railway track from Udhampur to Katra and expressed the hope that the demand of the state for the extension of railway link to various areas would be accommodated for the larger economic and developmental interests of the state.

Abdullah also sought Prime Minister's intervention in the upgradation and improvement of Jammu Railway Station besides the implementation of various tourist attraction and beautification projects formulated and conceived by his state to make Jammu and Srinagar model cities in the country.

Present on the occasion among others were Jammu and Kashmir Governor N. N. Vohra, Union Railway Minister, D. V. Sadananda Gowda and Union Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh.

(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

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