Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, July 15: Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw here today met Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Pushkar Dhami and discussed progress and prospects of various railway projects in Uttarakhand.
The projects discussed in the meeting were Tanakpur-Bageshwar Rail Line, Rishikesh-Uttarkashi New Line, Haridwar- Dehradun doubling, Rishikesh-Dehradun (Rishikesh-Doiwala), Rishikesh-Karnprayag New Line, Solar Power Development, Dhampur-Kashipur New Rail Line and Rishikesh-Karnprayag New Rail Line projects were discussed in detail.
They had also discussed different developmental aspects of Uttarakhand.
Vaishnaw assured Dhami that railways shall put extra efforts in coming months to make up for the loss of time due to COVID.
He further said that work on ongoing railway projects in Uttarakhand shall be completed in mission mode.