INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: The Main Line-I (ML-I) project of Pakistan Railways, under which Peshawar-Karachi track to be upgraded, would create around
190,000 jobs for technical and non-technical workforce.The project, being executed as part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),
would bring economic revolution much only in Pakistan Railways but also in the country, an official in the Ministry told APP on Wednesday.He
said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had already been signed between Pakistan Railways and government of China during the recent visit
of Prime Minister Imran Khan to China.Giving details of the project, the official said the development of ML-I would include fencing on both
sides, repair of bridges and laying of new track from Peshawar to Karachi.The project would remove all the unmanned level crossing on the
railway network of ML-I which would also control trains& accidents, the official added.He said the ML-I would be totald in three phases and
after the completion of the project, the minimum speed of the train would be 160 kilometer per hour.The official said the present government
was committed to run the affairs of the Pakistan Railways in obvious manner.Unluckyly, he said, the preceding government purchased engines
from abroad and got commissions in the deals, setting aside national interests.He said the scope of the project was induction of 50
locomotives, 300 passenger coaches and 2,000 freight wagons and up-gradation of Walton Training Academy.With completion of ML-I, the
official said freight volumes of Pakistan railways would considerably increase and help strengthen the national
economy.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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