IRCON wants encroachments removed

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The Indian company involved in the reconstruction of the northern railway tracks had sought the government’s help to remove encroachments along the track between Palai and Kankesanthurai without delay, officials said today.

IRCON International Ltd General Manage S. L. Gupta told the Daily Mirror that people had heavily encroached lands along this track, and therefore they had to be removed to begin reconstruction work.

The Cabinet has already decided to award the contract to IRCON to construct this railway track, and the memorandum of understanding is to be signed between the government and the company soon. Besides, IRCON has already started work on the tracks connecting Medawachchiya and Talaimannar via Madhu, and Omanthai with Palai.

Train services on these lines were discontinued after the war erupted in the 1980s. (Kelum Bandara)

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