Industry welcomes commitment to Kolkata-Ludhiana corridor; extensions can be done later

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his regime may term the Railway Budget discriminatory,but Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari has welcomed the commitment to commence work on the Eastern Rail Freight Corridor...

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his regime may term the Railway Budget discriminatory,but Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari has welcomed the commitment to commence work on the Eastern Rail Freight Corridor,that will run from Kolkata to Ludhiana. Local industrialists too are happy over the work on the corridor finally beginning,even as many demands for its extension to Amritsar have fallen on deaf ears.

J R Singhal,Managing Director,Eastman Group,said,The construction of the corridor will help industrialists in a big way,given the fact that ours is a landlocked state.

As far as extensions are concerned,Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu is leading the charge,and hopefully will get it approved. But it is a good thing that the work has begun, added Singhal. Tewari said,Extensions can be handled later as well. Getting the minister to commit to the project is a big development for the state.

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Punjab has also got some more trains,including a Duronto that will run between Chandigarh and Amritsar with stoppages in Ludhiana and Jalandhar.

Avtar Singh,General Secretary,Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings,said,The fact that there is no rise in the fare is a good step,and we hope work on the Kolkata-Ludhiana corridor will be time-bound.

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