Minister urges PM, Lalu to extend train service to Vizag

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 13:38 [IST]

Visakhapatnam, Mar 3 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Mines T Subbarami Reddy today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to extend the Raipur-Secunderabad 'Garib Rath' train service to Visakhapatnam.

In letters addressed to them, he said Visakhapatnam district was being neglected in railway development, though the city was expected to get an investment of Rs 40,000 crore in the coming years.

Dr Reddy said Visakhapatnam was a fast growing city and infrastructure for the railways needed a development to promote the industrialisation process .

He also favoured the extension of Puri-New Delhi ''Purshottam'' express to Visakhapatnam. The thrice-a-week New Delhi to Visakhapatnam ''Samata'' express should be operated daily and also the Bhubaneswar-Chennai weekly express, he added.

UNI

Topics: RAILWAYS-AP-GARIB-RATH

Other articles published on March 17, 2007

Capacity enhancement for teachers stressed

Saturday, March 17, 2007,13:38 [IST]

Mysore, Mar 3 (UNI) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof V N Rajashekharan Pillai today emphasised the need for embedded technology for teaching stbb to ensure quality higher education to ensure the overall development of the country. Delivering the keynote address at a national conference on quality assurance in open distance learning institutions, organised by the Karnataka State Open University here, he said improvement of capacity was necessary for teachers, right from kindergarten to college level. Encouragment from the.....

Asom minister tells to improve tea production

Saturday, March 17, 2007,13:38 [IST]

Silchar, Mar 10 (UNI) Asom's urban development minister Dinesh Prasad Goala today said efforts were on for upliftment of tea sector in Asom. Addressing the 36th annual general meeting of Tea Association of India (TAI), Barak Valley branch, Mr Goala said the Centre has recently announced that it will spend Rs 252 crore in next ten years for the development of tea sector in Barak Valley. The fund would be spent for increasing tea production and quality so that Indian tea.....

Limitless Updates

India News

News Archives

Malaysia woos Indian tourists

Saturday, March 17, 2007,13:38 [IST]

Kochi, Mar 3 (UNI) Eyeing India's huge tourism market, the Malaysian Government today launched 'Visit Malaysia Year 2007' campaign and unveiled the 'VMY Passport Programme' to attract domestic tourists. Speaking to mediapersons after the launch here, Malaysia Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said, ''we are organising a year-long celebration of Malaysia's 50th year of Independence and many exciting events are lined up to attract tourists from all over the world. He said Malaysia aims to attract around.....

TN allotted only four districts under NREGS: Association

Saturday, March 17, 2007,13:38 [IST]

Chennai, Mar 10 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Farmers Employees' Association today said the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his recent budget had allotted only four districts in Tamil Nadu under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) implemented last year. In a statement here the State General Secretary of the Association R Muttarasan said though Mr Chidambaram in the budget had allotted 120 districts all over India for one hundred days work in a year for unemployed people in the.....

AP Minister assures enquiry into assault on journalist

Saturday, March 17, 2007,13:38 [IST]

Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Home Minister K Jana Reddy today assured a delegation of working journalists and representatives of the electronic media that he would order an enquiry by an officer of the rank of DIG of police into alleged attack on the representative of local TV channel. Representatives of Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Union (APUWJ) and AP Electronic Media Journalists Association (APEMJA) today took out a rally protesting against the alleged attack on a mediaperson. The journalists complained.....