Railway tracks to be upgraded countrywide under CPEC
- September 22, 2016, 9:51 pm
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Railway tracks to be upgraded countrywide under CPEC
ISLAMABAD, Sep 22 (APP): The Ministry of Railways will upgradeits existing tracks besides installing new railway tracks fromGwadar-Quetta-Jacobabad via Besima Tehsil in Balochistan, underChina-Pak-Economic Corridor (CPEC). Under the project, a total 560 kilometres track fromBostan-Kotla Jam on the main line-II via Zhob and Dera Ismail Khanand another 682 kilometres track from Havelian to Khunjerab will belaid, a source in the Ministry of Railways told APP. The upgradation of 1,872 kilometres track from Karachi toPeshawar via Kotri, Multan, Lahore and Rawalpindi (including Taxila-Havelian) - along with dualization of the track from Shahdara to
