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BL KAK
NEW DELHI|JAN18
India and Pakistan are ready to resume the Thar Express train service. Come February 10, the train link between Munabao in India and Khokhrapar in Pakistan will be resumed after a gap of over five months.
Indian authorities have informed the Pakistan Railways that repairing of a railway track in Rajasthan is going on and it is likely to be completed in the first week of February. Therefore, the service would start next month, official sources pointed out. According to Pakistan Railway Chairman, Shakil Durrani, there is no delay from the Pakistani side in resumption of the railway link.
However, railways needed a week to check the track on the Pakistani side before the resumption of the Thar Express, he has said. According to him, the Pakistan Railways would complete its work before February 10, the date which has been given by the Indian side for resuming Thar Express.
Thar Express was suspended from August 25, 2006 following floods caused by the rain in the Barmer district of Rajasthan. The track on Munabao-Barmer-Jodhpur section was submerged while at certain places the track was washed away. After this, the Indian side told the Pakistani side that there will be no service before November 11, 2006. However, as the repair work could not be completed, a fresh date of January 2007 was given.
Following this situation, the railway departments of the two countries decided to shift the load on Samjhauta Express (401-Up/402-Down) already running between Wagah and Atari. Additional coaches were added to the Samjhauta Express to clear the rush.
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