Akhilesh Yadav writes to Railway Minister seeking expedition of ROBs

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today shot off a letter to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu urging him to speed up the construction work of railway overbridges (ROBs) in the state.

The Chief Minister, in his letter, requested that a section of the overbridges of northern, north-central and north-eastern railways in the state, which has to be constructed by the Railways should be expedited, an official release issued here said.

Referring to an earlier letter written by him on May 11, 2015, the CM said that the pace of construction work of overbridges slated for completion in financial year 2015-2016, is slow and at some places the shifting of high tension wireline has not been carried out by the Railways, it added.