Pakistan Railways (PR) has planned to restore its Bahawalnagar, Fort Abbas, Haroon Abad and Samma Satta railway sections, a private media outlet reported on Sunday.
According to the report, the decision was made during a meeting between Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad and Punjab government’s spokesman Shaukat Basra in Lahore after the latter had called on the railways minister at Pakistan Railways headquarters.
Rashid directed the Railways CEO to start work on Bahawalnagar – Samma Satta Section along with up-gradation of ML-1.
The minister said that Sahiwal – Multan mainline-1 track will be used for revival of Bahawalnagar-Fort Abbas track under the CPEC project.
Basra expressed gratitude to the railways minister for linking the backward areas of Bahawalnagar and Fort Abbas with the national mainstream. The revival of Bahawalnagar, Samma Satta railway section will benefit around three million people of the region, he added.
