Inter-ministerial meeting on improvement of rail connectivity held

ISLAMABAD: Second Inter Ministerial meeting on improvement of rail connectivity with Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Bin Qasim ((BQM) and Gwadar was held here on Tuesday.

During the meeting Chairperson, Ministry of Railways Parveen Agha said that there was substantial increase in line capacity of Main Line I.

It was proposed in the meeting that railway track extension should be done up to pilot gate of KPT and the track will be adjacent to Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT).

It was decided that South Asia Pakistan Terminal Limited (SAPT) has to furnish vertical and horizontal coordinates for lying of 1.1 km of track.

It was proposed by KICT to give its Bolan gate to SAPT for convenience.

It was told that scrap alongside the track has been cleared and now full length trains are being placed for loading of coal/phosphate at Kemari.

Matter pertaining t loading of containers from inside Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) also came under discussion.

The meeting was attended by Mumtaz Ali Shah, Secretary Maritime Affairs, Asif Hammad, GM KPT, Syed Rashid Jamil, CEO, SAPT, Horace Hui, CEO, KICT and Khurram Khan, CEO PICT.

While Agha Waseem, Syed Munawar Shah, Syed Mazhar Ali Shah and Basharat Waheed were representing Ministry of Railways.