MARDAN – Federal Minister Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad here on Sundayinaugurated Safari Train service from Nowshera to Mardan and Dargai withthe purpose to boost tourists industry Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The federal minister Railway Sheikh Rashid Ahmad travelled in Safari Trainfrom Nowshera district to Mardan district along with relevant staff ofRailway department.
On the occasion, senior provincial minister KPK Muhammad Atif Khan,Minister of State for parliamentary affairs Ali Muhammad Khan, PTIlawmakers including MNA Mujahid Khan, MPAs Zahir Shah Toru, Abdus SalamAfridi and Ifikhar Ali Mashwani were also among the attendance.
Addressing participants of the inaugural ceremony, Mr. Sheikh Rashid Ahmadsaid that the Remains of Takhtbai city Buddhists Monastery was listed inthe World Heritage List that was why the government was taking steps tobring foreign tourists via Safari train-service.
He claimed that the government was committed to soon restore train servicefrom Dargai to Karachi city on the said railway track. ”We are going togrow trees and gardens on both sides of said railway tracks so that toimprove beautification, ” he added.
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The Federal Minister said that they had planned to launch work next monthon ML-1for which 1700- kilometers long tack would be installed fromPeshawar city to Karachi, adding that train would travel on the said tackwith the speed of 160.
He said that they were demolishing some parts of mountains of Gujar Khanand Jehlum to construct 69-kilometer strait railway route within thosemountains. After that development, he claimed that travelling in trainwould reduced to 2-hours from Rawalpindi to Lahore districts.
