LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Wafaqi Wazir-e-Railway Hanif Abbasi ne itwar ko kaha ke selab se tabah hone wala Lahore-Faisalabad railway section 45 dinon mein bahal kar diya gaya hai, jabke is kaam ke liye ibtidai taur par 60 din muqarrar the.
Bahali ki taqreeb se khitab karte hue Abbasi ne kaha ke 27 July ko selab mein donon shehron ke darmiyan taqreeban 1,500 feet track beh gaya tha. Un ke mutabiq consultants ki taqarruri, feasibility report ki tayyari aur funds ke intezam ke baad 23 September ko bahali ka kaam baqaida shuru hua, aur ek niji company ne Pakistan Railways ke sath mil kar ise waqt se pehle mukammal kiya. Sarkari radio ke mutabiq unhon ne is se pehle Missan Kalar ke naye tameer shuda railway pul aur us se aage bahal shuda track ka iftitah bhi kiya.
Unhon ne railway ke karkunon ka shukriya ada kiya, mazdooron ko is mansoobe ke haqiqi hero qarar diya aur kaam mein shareek tamam afrad ke liye naqd inamat ka elan kiya. Wazir ne kaha ke bahal shuda section par Shalimar, Karakoram, Badr, Ghouri aur Ravi Express ke sath goods train 503 bhi dobara chal sakegi.
Locomotives aur workshops
Abbasi ne kaha ke mehkama ausatan rozana nau trainen chala raha hai aur ise barha kar 14 karne ka mansooba manga gaya hai. Unhon ne bataya ke 43 GEU-43 engine matloob chhe ke bajaye sirf do ya teen traction motors ke sath chal rahe the, jis se un ki bojh khenchne ki salahiyat mehdood rehti hai, aur yeh tamam 43 engine 15 December tak mukammal taur par lais kar diye jayenge.
Wazir ne bataya ke CDL Workshop 15 saal se band padi thi aur hukumat ne railway ke zaroori purzon ki maqami tayyari dobara shuru karne ka faisla kiya hai taake imports kam hon. Un ke mutabiq safety brackets aur deegar purzon ki tayyari shuru ho chuki hai, jabke engines aur wagons ki naqis dekh bhal, fazil purzon ki kami aur workshops ki danista bandish ki tehqiqat jaari hain. Unhon ne yeh bhi kaha ke mehkame mein bad-unwani ke khilaf zero tolerance hogi.
Agle mansoobe
Abbasi ne kaha ke Rohri-Karachi track ki upgradation ke liye tendering jaari hai aur muahide December ya January mein mutawaqqe hain. Unhon ne bataya ke Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ne 449 kilometre taweel Rohri-Multan line ki maali iaanat ke liye maqami bankon ka consortium banaya hai, aur 150 saal purane Rohri Junction ka upgradation ke baad 15 January ko iftitah kiya jayega.
Unhon ne yeh bhi kaha ke qaumi mufad ko siyasi aur zaati mufadat par muqaddam rakhna chahiye aur Pakistan ke istehkam aur salamti par kabhi samjhauta nahin hona chahiye. Hafte ko wazir ne kaha tha ke Pakistan Railways ne tareekh mein pehli bar 100 arab rupay se ziada amdani hasil ki hai aur is maali saal mein 160 arab rupay ka hadaf rakhti hai.
