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By PTI | June 25, 2011
Chandigarh, Jun 25 (PTI) The Expanded Board for Railways (EBR) gave ''in-principle'' approval and authorised the expenditure of Rs 240 crore for the construction of Qadian-Beas new BG Rail Line, Gurdaspur Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa said today.
The proposed project alignment that was finalised will pass through the villages of Dhapai, Ghuman, Butala and Sathiala covering a stretch of 39.678 kilometres, he told PTI.
At present, the Qadian-Beas railway stations are connected by a circuitous route via Amritsar and Batala.
The project section will connect two important routes of Amritsar-Pathankot and Jalandhar-Amritsar via Qadian reducing the present lead via Amritsar considerably, he added.
While Qadian is the international headquarters of Jamait-e-Ahmadiyya Muslim Sect, Beas is the headquarters of Radhasoami.
"This forgotten track, which was the brainchild of Chaudhary Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, who was from Qadian before the partition took place, is now going to see the light of the day.
I rejoice in the fact that I have fulfilled a major commitment made to my beloved electorate of Qadian, my Hometown, and of my Gurdaspur Parliamentary Constituency. The dream Project of mine is turning into a reality now," Bajwa said.
Once this much-awaited Qadian-Beas rail link gets completed, it would not meet the increased requirements of the passengers and the strategic needs of the Armed Forces.
Additionally, it would also help decongesting the road traffic to a great extent, be it the food grains, coal supplied to the industries and brick kilns, pig iron and scrap supplied to the industries in Batala or the cement and fertilisers consumed in the fertile land of Gurdaspur.
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