Title - Consider safety tips on Jammu-Srinagar rail link: Court

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the central government to consider suggestions from experts on public safety issues related to the Katra-Qazigund railway project connecting Jammu to Srinagar.

A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked “the railway board to consider the representation of the petitioner and pass an order within eight weeks as the matter is in public interest”.

The court also allowed petitioner NGO Centre For Public Interest Litigation to file a fresh representation and submit it to the railway board within a week.

The petition filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan alleged that the current alignment of the Katra-Qazigund rail link would cause “serious safety problem” for public and the railway ministry had rejected the experts’ suggestions, including an alternative alignment.