Salem Division formation put on hold: Vijayakumar

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 21:33 [IST]

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 16 (UNI) Kerala Law Minister M Vijayakumar, told the Assembly today that the Railway ministry had temporarily stopped its work or setting up a new railway division at Salem, following Kerala government's intervention.

In a written reply, he said the state had also urged the Railway Ministry to allot a special ''peninsular zone'' to the state.

The Railways, which had decided to bifurcate the Palakkad division for forming a new Salam division, had even allocated Rs three crore in the budget, forcing the state government to mount pressure on the Centre to stop the measure.

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Topics: ASSEMBLY-KERALA-RAILWAY

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