'Railway which was in the ICU has been revived after this Budget. Instead of going for new projects, focus is on completing the old ones' - Satya Pal Jain

Chandigarh Tribune

गौड़ा का रेल बजट बेहद संतुलित और वास्तविकता पर आधारित है। हाईस्पीड ट्रेन शहर के लिए सौगात है। मोदी सरकार के दीर्धकालिक उपाय से ही देश उबरेगा - सत्य पाल जैन, पूर्व सांसद

आज समाज चंडीगढ़

बजट से नहीं होगा फायदा : सत्य पाल जैन

दैनिक सवेरा, चंडीगढ़

रेल बजट में शहर को नजरअंदाज किया गया है। शहर के रेलवे स्टेशन को वर्ल्ड क्लास रेलवे स्टेशन बनने का प्रस्ताव अभी तक लटका हुआ है - जैन

पंजाब केसरी, चंडीगढ़

रेल बजट से चंडीगढ़ के लोगों की उम्मीदों पर पानी फिर गया है - जैन

आज समाज, चंडीगढ़

'यह बजट आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव को ध्यान में रखकर बनाया गया है। इसमें शहर को पूरी तरह से नजरअंदाज किया गया है'

दैनिक ट्रिब्यून

City ignored in railway budget: Jain

The Times of India

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh unit of BJP organized a meeting of its samiti presidents and booth-level workers on Sunday at its office in Sector 33-A. The unit's president, Kamla Sharma, chaired the programme. All state-level office bearers participated in it.

   BJP's candidate for parliamentary polls Satya Pal Jain appealed to all party workers that they should think of the elections as a time to highlight the anti-people policies of the Congress.

   He said there had been no development in the city during the last five years when Congress ruled. He stated that Congress members here had been busy in fighting each other and UT administration officials all the time. Jain added if elected MP, he would not say that administration officials were not listening to him.

   He said no provision for the city had been made in the recent railway budget even though the Chandigarh MP was a minister.

   BJP's national secretary Kiran Ghai also addressed party workers and appealed to them to work day and night for the coming elections for Jain victory... 

Mumbai-Kalka train

Tribune News Service
CHANDIGARH, March 4 — The Railways will start a direct express train between Kalka and Mumbai from April 11. The train will run on four days of the week from both the destinations.

Sources in the Railways said that the train was being started as a summer special. However, if coaching, berthing and washing facilities were available in Chandigarh by July the train would be a regular feature. Already, a Rs 7 crore project had been sanctioned to build these facilities at the Chandigarh station. ...

Meanwhile the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, in a statement issued tonight said that the Union Railway Ministry had decided to sanction a sum of Rs 7 crore to provide facilities at the Chandigarh railway station. Washing facilities were being provided at platform number 4. Besides this, a shelter was being provided at platform number 2 and 3.

Another superfast Delhi-Chandigarh train demanded

Tribune News Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — Chandigarh MP, Satya Pal Jain, today urged the Rail Ministry to start another super-fast train from Delhi to Chandigarh comprising second class coaches.
Mr Jain, who met the Minister of State for Railways, Mr Ram Naik here said such a train would provide inexpensive travel facilities for passengers. He also discussed other related issues.
In a statement here, Mr Jain said he requested the Minister to start work on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail line approved earlier. He also requested that work to improve Chandigarh railway station be speeded up.

CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL LINE BETWEEN JALANDHAR AND CHANDIGARH

Press Information Bureau, GOI
There is a proposal for construction of a new line from Ludhiana to Chandigarh. The proposed alignment will pass through Samrala, Kharar and Mohali but not through Nawa Shahar. The work has been included in Budget 1997-98 with the proviso that the work would be taken up after clearance has been initiated and the work would be started once these are obtained.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri Ram Naik in reply to a question from S/shri Satnam Singh Kainth and Satya Pal Jain in the Lok Sabha today.