Pakistan Railways: Rs231.97m spent on maintenance
Pakistan Railways has spent an amount of Rs231.97 million on maintenance and rehabilitation of railway stations from 2010 to June 2014.
According to an official of the Ministry of Railways, PR purchased 63 diesel-electric locomotives during the last five years.
Fifty-eight new diesel-electric locomotives are being imported as Completely Built Units (CBU), amounting to $116.860 million under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).
He said that the present government had taken several steps to reduce the losses. Availability of locomotives in freight pool had been enhanced on a daily basis that generated activity and made it possible to start three to five freight trains, he added.
The punctuality of passenger trains had been improved from 10% to 55%. HSD Oil reserve was limited for two days which has been enhanced to 12 days to streamline the operation of trains.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2014.