RAMBAN: The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Northern Railways, conducted an inspection of the new BG rail line on the Katra-Banihal segment on Thursday. The line runs from Khari-Sumbar and Sumbar to Sangaldan. The CRS inspected this track on the first of two days during a motor tram inspection on the USBR Project’s Katra-Banihal stretch. Informed the officials, the CRS, Northern Circle, New Delhi, Dinesh Chand Deshwal arrived in Banihal this morning and carried out a statutory inspection for the launching of the new BG rail line, Khari-Sumbar-Sangaldan (33.42 km). He was accompanied by senior railway personnel.The freshly built Khari-Sumbar (13.656 km) and Sumbar-Sangaldan (19.504 km) rail lines on motor trolleys were inspected, along with track tunnels, bridges, electric traction installation tracks, Khari railway stations, and other facilities, according to the team. A high-speed trial of the stretch by special train will be conducted by the Commissioner of Railway Safety on Friday, according to officials. Since work on the Sangaldan to Katra section of the USBRL project is also nearing completion and in its final phase, this was the last inspection of the CRS for the Khari-Sumbar stretch.
