LAHORE – Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that the provincialgovernments are responsible for unmanned level crossings, and a negligencein this regard resulted in the recent Rohri accident.
Addressing a press conference at the Railways Headquarters here onSaturday, he said that there were about 3,000 unmanned level crossings inthe country.
He urged Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to abolish all unmanned levelcrossings.The minister said that all unmanned level crossings would be abolishedafter May 10 if the provincial governments cooperate in that regard.
The minister said that five new freight trains would be introduced beforeJune 30, adding that new coaches and trains were arriving in the countryand 75 per cent old coaches would be upgraded.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had called him for a briefing on theRailways matters and a special meeting would be held at the PrimeMinister’s House on Sunday.Sh Rashid vowed that the PR would be made profitable department in fiveyears.
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To a question, he said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was workingon Hindutva agenda and crushing Muslims like Hitler and Mussolini.
He said that life of Muslims in India had been made difficult under a planby the ruling party.
To another question, he said that he did not run after any seat.
