Railways resume work on Ferozepur-Ludh double track

Ludhiana: After facing delays for almost four months due to Covid-19 outbreak, finally Northern Railway has resumed work on its much needed development project of laying a double track on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur route to cater to the increase in the number of long route, high speed trains. The project which will cost more than Rs 20 crore will be complete by year end.
One of the major issues which is being facing by the railway authorities is handling of train rush on the laid down of single track on Ferozepur-Ludhiana station as every train running on that route had got delayed. But after the laying of the double track, the issue of train delay will be resolved to some extent, which might bring major relief to frequent railway passengers on this route.
The announcement of development project was made by the previous divisional railway manager of Ferozepur division, Vivek Kumar, after looking at the train rush on the same route.
Giving information on this, a railway engineer at the divisional level, said, “Northern Railway had taken the decision laying down the double track due to increase in the rush of trains on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur railway route but due to lockdown, the development work was stopped for two months and there was only 50% staff working in the division.”
There are two major development projects — one is laying of double track on Dhuri line and the second is Ferozepur-Ludhiana railway track project. Railways will try to complete this project by the end of this year.” The higher authorities did not disclose the estimated cost of the development projects, officials said.
Sources in the railway department said that, “A few days ago some officials of the Northern Railway board visited the Ludhiana-Ferozepur railway track site and gave directions to local officials to resume the work on the same to complete the project at the earliest. Moreover, officials have received the detailed project report and soon they will deploy more manpower.”
Speaking to Ludhiana railway station director Tarun Kumar said, “This project is an important development project and has been started after issuing proper guidelines and providing standard safety equipment to all engineer department officials who are working on the project.”