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Railways to make 9 bridges in '09-'10

February 13, 2009 14:45 IST

The Union minister of railways Lalu Prasad said during 2009-2010, the railways will construct nine railway over bridges and railway under bridges on fifty-fifty cost sharing basis.

Presenting the Interim Railway Budget 2009-2010 in the Lok Sabha on Friday, the minister said that Palej, Panoli, Kosamba and Kim in the districts of Surat and Bharuch in Gujarat, Roshanara Garden and Sultanpuri in Delhi, Shastrinagar and Model Town of Ludhiana in Punjab and Vasarpadi in Tamil Nadu will be considered on priority for construction of ROBs and RUBs.

Source: PIB

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