Janakpur Railway Company (JRC), which operates the Janakpur-Jayanagar train, had recently sought Rs 1.34 billion from the government to revive the decrepit rail service.
"Although the expansion of the existing gauge is in the offing, we can not halt the rail service abruptly and deprive villagers of their only means of transportation," Suresh Prasad Yadav, general manager of the JRC said. "We need this money to keep the rail service functional until the expansion of the existing narrow gauge is completed."
Janakpur Railway Company (JRC), which operates the Janakpur-Jayanagar train, had recently sought Rs 1.34 billion from the government to revive the decrepit rail service.
"Although the expansion of the existing gauge is in the offing, we can not halt the rail service abruptly and deprive villagers of their only means of transportation," Suresh Prasad Yadav, general manager of the JRC said. "We need this money to keep the rail service functional until the expansion of the existing narrow gauge is completed."
However, the DoR sees putting in huge investment in the maintenance of the decade old rail service as ´a waste of money´.
"Although the expansion of the existing gauge is in the offing, we can not halt the rail service abruptly and deprive villagers of their only means of transportation," Suresh Prasad Yadav, general manager of the JRC said. "We need this money to keep the rail service functional until the expansion of the existing narrow gauge is completed."
Janakpur Railway Company (JRC), which operates the Janakpur-Jayanagar train, had recently sought Rs 1.34 billion from the government to revive the decrepit rail service.
"Although the expansion of the existing gauge is in the offing, we can not halt the rail service abruptly and deprive villagers of their only means of transportation," Suresh Prasad Yadav, general manager of the JRC said. "We need this money to keep the rail service functional until the expansion of the existing narrow gauge is completed."
However, the DoR sees putting in huge investment in the maintenance of the decade old rail service as ´a waste of money´.
"The existing track of Janakpur-Jayanagar rail service is obsolete. Today, no railway track is as narrow as this (762 mm) anywhere in the world. Once we finish laying a 1476 mm-broad track, the existing engines, bogies and slippers will be of no use," Lamsal said. "Therefore, if we spend such a huge amount of money as sought by JRC for repairing the existing rail system, it will prove absolutely worthless."
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