{"id":149573,"date":"2002-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-07-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-for-restoration-of-azimganj-nasipur-rail-line-in-west-bengal-on-1-august-2002"},"modified":"2018-07-13T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:07:34","slug":"need-for-restoration-of-azimganj-nasipur-rail-line-in-west-bengal-on-1-august-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-for-restoration-of-azimganj-nasipur-rail-line-in-west-bengal-on-1-august-2002","title":{"rendered":"Need For Restoration Of Azimganj-Nasipur Rail Line In West Bengal. on 1 August, 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Need For Restoration Of Azimganj-Nasipur Rail Line In West Bengal. on 1 August, 2002<\/div>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>Title: Need for restoration of Azimganj-Nasipur rail line in West Bengal.\n<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=SHRI%20ADHIR%20CHOWDHURY%20\">SHRI ADHIR CHOWDHURY <\/a>(<a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=BERHAMPORE%2C%20WEST%20BENGAL\">BERHAMPORE, WEST BENGAL<\/a>): Sir, Azimganj-Nasipur are the two railway stations situated on either side of the river Ganges, which were linked before Independence period for transporting goods by the Railways. After the Independence the railway line was left abandoned for various reasons. Again during the last year\u2019s Budget proposal, restoration of the said railway line was mooted. But no amount of money has been sanctioned to continue this project in this year\u2019s Budget. The connection of those areas by railways will help to boost the tourism given the historical importance of the District Murshidabad. Further more, It will help mobilise logistic support to the Army in the hour of need. The convergence of these two lines will considerably reduce the distance of Delhi from the Districts of Nadia, Murshidabad, Birbhum etc. This particular rail link also helps to reduce the distance to the North India considerably. Hence, I would urge upon the Railway Ministry to reconsider the proposal given in the last year\u2019s Budget.\n<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=MR.%20DEPUTY-SPEAKER\">MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER<\/a>: Only the text will go on record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lok Sabha Debates Need For Restoration Of Azimganj-Nasipur Rail Line In West Bengal. on 1 August, 2002 Title: Need for restoration of Azimganj-Nasipur rail line in West Bengal. SHRI ADHIR CHOWDHURY (BERHAMPORE, WEST BENGAL): Sir, Azimganj-Nasipur are the two railway stations situated on either side of the river Ganges, which were linked before Independence period [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Need For Restoration Of Azimganj-Nasipur Rail Line In West Bengal. on 1 August, 2002 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-for-restoration-of-azimganj-nasipur-rail-line-in-west-bengal-on-1-august-2002\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Need For Restoration Of Azimganj-Nasipur Rail Line In West Bengal. on 1 August, 2002 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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