Former PM Deve Gowda Inspects Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line
SRINAGAR, Aug 29: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda boarded the Srinagar-Baramulla train and inspected the railway line on Thursday.
He was accompanied by railway officials.
Gowda boarded the train at Nowgam Srinagar railway station at 11:30 am and arrived in Baramulla at 12:30 pm to review the facilities available to passengers.
β.. It was during my tenure that I sanctioned the Srinagar-Baramulla railway project,β he told reporters.
βAt the time of sanctioning, this project was declared a national project. I wanted to see how the railway track has been laid out and the facilities provided to passengers.β
Gowda, who was seated in a wheelchair after inspecting the railway line, travelled to Uri by a vehicle to review the power projects he had sanctioned during his tenure.
