The Hindu Business Line : Rail budget: Chamber sore over neglect of Coimbatore

Advertisement

Coimbatore Feb. 27 The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Coimbatore, has expressed dismay over the neglect of Coimbatore in the Railway Budget.

In a statement, Mr D. Balasundaram, President, ICCI, said the `dream of people' of this region of inclusion of Coimbatore-Dindigul segment for gauge conversion has not found a place in the Budget. When overall the performance of the Railways has been good, he felt that the city should have been given greater importance in providing infrastructural facilities.

He was also disappointed that no mention has been made about the introduction of a night train between Coimbatore and Bangalore and between Coimbatore and towns in the east coast of Tamil Nadu. His concern was "the Railways should not neglect this industrial city" that is the second largest revenue-earning city in the State.

He, however, welcomed the announcement to operate a daily train between Coimbatore and Nagercoil via Madurai and sparing the passenger and freight traffic from any rate increase.

Mr Jayakumar Ramdass, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Coimbatore zone, said the Budget would create a `win-win' situation for all — the railways, wagon manufacturers, heavy industries and the common man. The feasibility study for high-speed passenger trains would encourage the industry to bring in the best technology available globally and the industry is upbeat about the possibility of designing and manufacturing high capacity, heavy axle load wagons with their own designs.

More Stories on : Railway Budget | Industry Associations | Tamil Nadu

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Chennai airport cargo handling down 12% in Jan

Air traffic grew by 35.5% in April-Sept

Special fares from Indian

Aldeasa-ITDC gets Mumbai airport retail contract

`Air Sahara to increase presence in South'

Vallarpadam terminal: DP World submits plan to Kochi port

`Not much focus on southern districts'

Rail budget: Chamber sore over neglect of Coimbatore

Multi-modal system key to improve ports' efficiency: Survey

Tirupur body hails triple stack container trains

Smiths Aerospace partners HCL Tech for design centre

Look into staff demands, Patel tells AI, Indian

`Coach factory has brightened prospects for more such deals'

Volvo to buy Ingersoll's road development unit for $1.3 b

`Rail Budget not to hit road transport sector'