Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 18: Deputy Chairman Legislative Council Javed Ahmed Rana has urged the State Government to take up the issue of the railway project for Poonch-Rajouri with the Union Government on priority to reassess the viability of the ambitious project.
Interacting with the media persons here today, Mr Rana said that the railway line from Jammu to Poonch was being anticipated as a major project which could have boosted the economy of the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri and attracted tourists to various places including the Mughal Road.
Mr Rana said that shelving out of this project has caused great distress among the people of the area and requested for reconsidering the project for the development of the area.
While responding to the issues pertaining to the new administrative units, Mr Javed Rana said that the new administrative units would help play an important role in improving the public delivery mechanism by effective administrative set up and cater to the developmental needs of all the regions.
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