Islamabad, the 14th October, 2016:    The 17th meeting of the Standing Committee on Railways was held today at 11:30 a.m. in Constitution Room, Parliament House, Islamabad under the chairmanship of Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA.

 

2.         The Committee was giving briefing on step taken by the Ministry of Railways for the retrieval of Pakistan Railways’ land from illegal occupants. It was informed that 3550.974 acres of Pakistan Railways’ land have been retrieved from illegal occupants.

 

3.         The Committee was also given briefing on recent Railways accidents. It was informed that the 60% of the accidents were caused due to unmanned level crossing, unauthorized Railways crossing and manned level crossing. In order to ensure the safety of trains operations, Pakistan Railways had conducted a joint venture surveys for the up-gradations of existing unmanned level crossing in collaboration with Provincial and Local District Governments.  The Committee recommended that the proper steps may taken by the Ministry to avoid these type of incidents in future.

 

4.         The Committee also decided to appoint a Sub-Committee under the convenership of Mr. Ramesh Lal, MNA to examine the encroachment of Railways’ Land in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

 

5.          Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar, Mr. Rasheed Ahmad Khan, Ms. Phyllis Azeem, Mr. Ramesh Lal, Engr. Hamid-ul-Haq Khalil, and Ms. Naseema Hafeez Panezai MNAs attended the meeting. The meeting was also attended by senior officers of the Ministry of Railways.