The National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to start the Mainline-1 (ML-1) project as soon as possible after completing all the documents and necessary steps.
The committee which met with Rai Hassan Nawaz Khan in the chair was informed that phase-I would start by the end of this year or at the start of next year and would be completed within five years.
Divisional Superintendents, Pakistan Railways, Lahore, Mughalpura, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi briefed the committee about encroachments and lease of Railways land.
They talked about the non-cooperation of the concerned district administration during anti-encroachment operations. The committee recommended approaching the provincial governments for support during such operations.
The committee showed displeasure with the presence of some officers on Zoom and directed their presence in person in the next meetings.
The meeting was attended by Ramesh Lal, Waseem Qadir, Sadiq Ali Memon, Ibrar Ahmad, Zulfiqar Bachani, Syed Waseem Hussain, Ahmed Saleem Siddiqui, Syed Shah Ahad Ali Shah, Shafqat Abbas and Muhammad Jamal Ahsan Khan.
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