Quetta-Taftan railway track to be restored within two weeks: official.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Railways was pursuing the restoration of railway track between Quetta-Taftan and expected to be restored within two weeks. The railway track between Quetta-Taftan was suspended after a vital bridge collapsed due to unexpected monsoon rain and floods.

"The rehabilitation and reconstruction work is in full swing in coordination with the district administration of Balochistan to restore the rail service in flood affected areas," an official in the Ministry of Railways told APP while sharing the update on railway track restoration operations in flood-hit areas.

He said that Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique had directed the department to utilize all out resources for rehabilitation of railway tracks in Sindh, Balochistan and other affected parts of the country within least possible duration. The department had deployed technical bridge staff at various sections for the repair of the damaged bridges as the train operation would only be restored after completion of repairing and construction work on the bridges, he added.

He informed that Minister had also visited the flood affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan and the railways department briefed him that the railway track was damaged at 104 locations by the floodwater.

"Pakistan Railways suffered heavy financial losses in Balochistan due to flood as 11-kilometre railway track from Dera Allah Yar to Jacobabad was completely flooded, which made it difficult to operate train services in the affected area," he said.

He said that...