Title - No unmanned crossings in Ambala Div by 2015

Bathinda : Unmanned railway crossings in Ambala division will be closed soon, Divisional Railway Manager PK Sanghi said here. “Twenty crossings have been identified as most vulnerable. These will be closed at the earliest. The Deputy Commissioners have been asked to coordinate with residents of villages so that arrangements for alternative routes can be made,” he said.At a later stage, 59 railway crossings would be closed or manned, as need be. All unmanned crossings falling in the division would be closed by 2015.On the recent raid by the Sales Tax Department on the Bathinda Railway Station, he said the ST officers had demanded the past five years’ record. “We have no such record. It is difficult to maintain such a huge data. I think none of the divisions in Punjab, including Ferozepur, Ambala and Delhi, will be having such extensive data. At the most, we can give a month-old data.”He said there were not enough funds for CCTV cameras at the Bathinda Railway Station.