LAHORE:The Second Inter Ministerial Meeting on improvement of rail connectivity with Karachi Port Trust, Bin Qasim and Gwadar was held in Islamabad with Chairperson Railways Parveen Agha in the chair.
It was proposed in the meeting that railway track will be extended to pilot gate of KPT. This track will be adjacent to Karachi International Container Terminal.
The issue of condemned wagons was also raised, which are being cleared on priority and so far 179 out of 525 condemned wagons have been cleared.
It was decided that South Asia Pakistan Terminal Limited has to furnish vertical and horizontal coordinates for lying of 1.1 kilometer of track.
The meeting was told that rehabilitation of Railways yards inside KPT will be carried out. The rail connectivity with Pakistan International Bulk Terminal at Port Qasim was also discussed.
It may be recalled that Pakistan Railways is giving importance to rail connectivity with ports. For this purpose Pakistan Railways is working on doubling and improvement of existing track from Port Qasim to Bin Qaim. The new track of 10.30 kilometers out of 13 kilometers has been completed. The extension and construction of 5 bridges has been started on the track.APP/AFP