Gujarat BJP MPs submit state’s wishlist to Railway minister

New Delhi, 20 January 2012

BJP MPs of Gujarat today called on central railway minister Shri Dineshbhai Trivedi and submitted a memorandum demanding a new bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

According to BJP General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Shri Vijaybhai Rupani and Bharatsinh Parmar, the delegation of Gujarat MPs attracted attention of central minister to the fact that feasibility report on bullet train project had been already submitted to the railway department. The MPs demanded that the bullet train project should be declared a special project and should get weightage in year 2012-13 union railway budget.

BJP MPs also demanded a new train between Amritsar and Surat. They demanded third track between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

The delegation demanded better rail connectivity to strengthen the ports of Gujarat, adding that good rail connectivity will be resulted into lesser traffic and decrease in pollution.

The delegation demanded speedy work of railway four tracks: Ahmedabad-Mehsana-Jaipur, Rakot-Veraval, Rajkot-Okha and Rajkot-Viramgam.

New rake points at Amreli, Porbandar, Kutch, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha were sought in view of the demand of fertilizer in the state and problems related to its supply.

Modernization of Sabarmati railway station in Ahmedabad, fabricated facility for transportation of salt, new broad gauge railway line for Somnath, Dwarka, Ambaji etc were other demands made by the delegation before the central minister, in view of soon to be declared union railway budget.