Bihar Chief Minister talks to media on Railway Budget in Patna on Fenruary 24, 2010.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar welcomed Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement that there was no move to privatise the railway sector.
He said he welcomed the proposal of allotting five to six new trains to Bihar though, he said, he had demanded at least 15 new trains for the state.
"Mamata Banerjee has done a great service by announcing that candidates appearing in the Railway Recruitment Board examinations can write their papers in regional languages including Urdu," he said.
The chief minister said that he would expect proper release of funds from the ministry to complete the pending railway projects in the state such as rail factory at Harnaut and rail bridges on river Ganga and Kosi.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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