ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Railways would soon submit PC-1 for linking new railway tracks after completion of feasibility report on various routes of Pakistan Railway. The new tracks included Gwadar Mastung via 906 kilometers and Basima with Jacobabad via Khuzdar 300 kilometers a long term project envisaged for 2025-30.

An official of PR said a feasibility study of both routes is being conducted. “The study is at advance stages and upon the completion of feasibility study, PC-I will be prepared for approval from the competent forum”, he told APP. Various land parcels required for the implementation of said project have been identified under the aforesaid feasibility study.

At present, acquisition of land at Gwadar is in progress. In this regard 285 acres for Railway Container Yard and 73.68 acres for Right of Way (ROW) have since acquired under approved PC-I.

Approximately, 200 acres additional lands for Railway Station and Container Yard besides 27.350 acres ROW are being acquired under another PC-I submitted to Ministry of Railways for which Rs 5,000 million have been allocated by the Planning Commission during the current financial year, 2017-18.—APP