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Indian govt gives nod for extension of freight corridor
to Amritsar                 
WSN Network

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed in principle to connect Mumbai and Amritsar through a freight corridor that will allow increased domestic and international freight activities.

The decision to this effect was conveyed to the Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal when he met Manmohan Singh last Wednesday in Delhi. Media advisor to the Punjab Chief Minister Harcharan Bains indicated that the state expects a formal clearance in January. He added that the chief minister was impressed by the prime minister's initiatives to strengthen the national trade artery given the increased prospects of international trade through the Attari border.

Earlier, the Centre planned a freight corridor up to Ludhiana, but Punjab had been insisting on extending it to the Indo-Pak border.

The PM had also given an assurance that the Centre would consider Punjab's request for setting up of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in the state.

2 Januuary 2008
 

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