ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed said that 90 percent labour and technical staff for Main Line-I (ML-I) project would hired from inside the county, which would provide employment for more than 150,000 people. He said that currently there were about 1,000 crossings on Lahore-Karachi route but with the ML-1 project signal system would be automated and travel time would be reduced. During the upgrade of the ML-I, the existing track available in good condition would be utilised for the rehabilitation of other branch lines across the country. The entire project would be carried out by the Pakistan Railways engineers in collaboration with Chinese engineers, he maintained. The ML-I is just a beginning, Pakistan Railways will also upgrade ML-II, ML-III and ML-IV to improve the infrastructure in the country, the minister said.

Source: Pakistan Today August 07, 2020 07:52 UTC