Title - Rs 2,200 cr to be spent on Rail Coach Factory at Sonipat: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

HARYANA: Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today said Rs 2,200 crore would be spent on construction of the Rail Coach Factory at Sonipat in the state.

The annual manufacturing capacity of the factory would be 1,000 coaches, but initially it would manufacture 400 coaches in a year, he said, lauding Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for providing 400 acres of land for the factory.

Expressing regret about loss of life in rail accidents, Chowdhury said the entire department feels extremely pained and hurt due to the incidents like the one in Bihar.

However, he said, it is no fault of Railways and that people should not violate rules and cross railway tracks.

"Railways could lay tracks across the country, run trains on it and provide better facilities to passengers, but maintaining law and order is the responsibility of state governments concerned," he said, according to an official release.

The Minister said half of the expenses incurred for deputing police force by the state governments for maintaining law and order are borne by the Centre.

Appealing to the people to always use over bridges for crossing rail tracks, the Minister said, "Sufficient security arrangements even on small stations are our responsibility, but cooperation from the state government is needed to maintain such arrangements."