Baramulla, May 1 (ANI): Locals in Baramulla region of Kashmir valley demanded rail services to be resumed after it was suspended for months during last year's unrest in the region.
Bashir Ahmad Bhatt, Deputy Commissioner of Baramulla district, said the concerned authorities are in the process of beginning the rail services.
"In the last turmoil the station and its services were disrupted and was later resumed as well. The train comes till Rinji area and we are trying to take it further till Sopore and Baramulla. There were damages to the railway track and we had gone to the site and have begun the restoration work and it will take some time," he said.
The train services between Budgam and Qazigund districts were restored in the first phase in December 2010.
"I want to ask the authorities that the station that was burnt down, why aren't they restoring it? Because of this we are facing a lot of trouble. So, I request the authority to restore the station in Amargarh at the earliest, may be within a week so that people can use the facility again," said Ghulam Hassan, a local.
Services were suspended on July 31, 2010 after mobs torched railway stations and uprooted tracks at several places in the restive region.
The railway station at Sopore was the worst affected, as heavy machines worth 200 million rupees were set ablaze. (ANI)
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