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Railway Minister Prabhu inaugurates three projects

CHANDIGARH: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated three projects for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Sunday from Chandigarh railway station.

Railway Minister Prabhu inaugurates three projects

A newly installed water vending machine at Chandigarh railway station. Tribune photo.



Aarti Kapur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 26

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated three projects for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Sunday from Chandigarh railway station.

The inauguration stone for a new 81-km railway line between Jind, Gohana and Sonipat was laid by the minister through video conferencing from the railway station. Prabhu also inaugurated a foot overbridge for platform number 4 and 5 in Sonipat.

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Besides laying the foundation stone of a coaching-cum-maintenance facility at Chheharta station near Amritsar, a new daily passenger train was also flagged off by the minister.

The Railway Minister inaugurated a mechanised laundry at Chandigarh railway station, set up at a cost of Rs 1 crore. A new platform was also inaugurated. Four new escalators and lifts are also to be built at the station. A construction stone for 17 lifts and 10 escalators for various stations in Punjab and Haryana was also laid by the minister.

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