I will present the next Rly budget: Lalu
Obliquely dismissing speculations about the future of the UPA government following the stand-off with the Left over the nuclear deal, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said he would present the next Railway budget.
By PTI |
SAHARSA: Obliquely dismissing speculations about the future of the UPA government following the stand-off with the Left over the nuclear deal, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said he would present the next Railway budget.
"I will present the next railway budget and take the profits of the largest public sector undertaking to a staggering Rs one lakh crore," he said addressing a gathering after flagging off the Saharsa-Jainagar Janaki Express and Saharsa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express at the railway station here.
Lalu said the migration of labourers from Bihar to other states had come down as the Railways had launched projects involving an expenditure of a whopping Rs 52,000 crore in the state, opening new vistas of employment.
Stating that a new line would soon be laid between Bihariganj and Kursela, the minister said the work for setting up an electric locomotive factory at Madhepura would commence after two months.
An Industrial Training Institute (ITI) would also be set upat Madhepura to enable the local youths secure jobs in the locomotive fctory.
He castigated the state's NDA government for the delay in acquisition of land for the proposed factory, saying "the state administration should shun this anti-development approach."
About the demand made by public representatives to name railway stations after saints and holy figures, Lalu said though he had great respect for them, the Railway Act did not permit it.
"I will present the next railway budget and take the profits of the largest public sector undertaking to a staggering Rs one lakh crore," he said addressing a gathering after flagging off the Saharsa-Jainagar Janaki Express and Saharsa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express at the railway station here.
Lalu said the migration of labourers from Bihar to other states had come down as the Railways had launched projects involving an expenditure of a whopping Rs 52,000 crore in the state, opening new vistas of employment.
Stating that a new line would soon be laid between Bihariganj and Kursela, the minister said the work for setting up an electric locomotive factory at Madhepura would commence after two months.
An Industrial Training Institute (ITI) would also be set upat Madhepura to enable the local youths secure jobs in the locomotive fctory.
He castigated the state's NDA government for the delay in acquisition of land for the proposed factory, saying "the state administration should shun this anti-development approach."
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About the demand made by public representatives to name railway stations after saints and holy figures, Lalu said though he had great respect for them, the Railway Act did not permit it.
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