Title - Manch submits memorandum to Railway Minister

Kalka: The Shiwalik Vikas Manch has submitted a memorandum to Central Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal regarding various demands of the Kalka Railways of the Shiwalik area.Stating this recently, Vijay Bansal, president of the manch, said it had been mentioned in the memorandum that the Chandigarh-Amritsar Jan Shatabdi should be extended up to Kalka. He said the work of laying a railway line from Chandigarh to Yamunanagar via Naraingarh was pending, the survey for which was proposed in the Rail Budget of 2011-2012. An overbridge was also needed to be constructed in Sector 17, 18 and 19 and an under-bridge was required to be constructed in Mouli Jagran.The memorandum demanded that Parwanoo should be connected to Kalka through a broad gauge railway line, the foundation stone for which was laid by Nitish Kumar, the then Central Railway Minister.It was also demanded in the memorandum that work on the project of a Metro rail from Chandigarh to Panchkula should be started soon, a railway halt should be set up at Pinjore, link roads and sewerage system of Kalka Railway colony to be maintained, Railway Hospital should be upgraded, old heritage buildings should be preserved and the Kalka Railway Station should be named after Aruna Asif Ali, a renowned freedom fighter.