Efforts under way to vacate Zhob railway building
The Pakistan Railways is putting in all efforts to vacate the Zhob Railway Station building as soon as possible as it is occupied by unauthorised people and is being used for residential purposes following its permanent closure.
According to an official of the Ministry of Railways on Monday, the notices as per the new Ordinance of 2021 for removal of encroachment introduced by the federal government were being served to the unauthorised occupants.
He said efforts were being expedited with the assistance of local administration and the Levies force to retrieve the encroached structures and hopefully the encroachment issue would be resolved soon.
The Zhob Railway Station was established in 1920 on the Bostan-Zhob section which was a narrow gauge section and it was closed for passenger traffic in 1985 and for goods traffic in 1990 being un-economical hence no renovation of the station was carried out since its closure, he added.
He said the anti-encroachment operation for the vacation of these unauthorised service buildings would be carried out with the help of the district administration of Zhob due to the precarious law and order situation in this tribal area.
To a question, the official said Pakistan Railways has taken several steps to improve the financial condition of the department, including Raabta.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2022.