Darjeeling 9 February: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society (DHRS) based in the United
Kingdom said it has written to senior officials of the DHR, expressing
concern over the damaged train tracks between Kurseong and Siliguri.
The railway line that runs parallel with the National Highway-55 in the Kurseong-Siliguri section of the DHR has remained defunct since June 2010 after a landslide damaged a 500-m stretch at 14th Mile near Paglajhora.
On September 2011, another landslide at Tindharia damaged the tracks there and threatened the 100-year-old Tindharia Locomotive Works.
Expressing concern over the delay in the restoration work, the vice-chairman of the DHRS, Mr Paul Whittle today said he had recently visited the places where the landslides had breached the DHR tracks.
The vice-chariman of the organisation, Mr Whittle was in town and he held a press conference here.
“I noticed that the restoration work at Paglajhora is nearly complete. However, major work remains to
be done at Tindharia,” he said.
“I have written to senior officials of the DHR, urging them to speed up the process of the restoration of the railway lines,” Mr Whittle added.
According to him, members of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway have collected Rs 10 lakh and that they are willing to hand over the cash to anyone willing to work for the preservation of the DHR.
“For this, we are holding consultations with officials of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway,” Mr Whittle said.
According to him, the DHRS has around 700 members working in 24 different countries actively engaged on awareness and preservation of the DHR since 1987.(SNS)
The railway line that runs parallel with the National Highway-55 in the Kurseong-Siliguri section of the DHR has remained defunct since June 2010 after a landslide damaged a 500-m stretch at 14th Mile near Paglajhora.
On September 2011, another landslide at Tindharia damaged the tracks there and threatened the 100-year-old Tindharia Locomotive Works.
Expressing concern over the delay in the restoration work, the vice-chairman of the DHRS, Mr Paul Whittle today said he had recently visited the places where the landslides had breached the DHR tracks.
The vice-chariman of the organisation, Mr Whittle was in town and he held a press conference here.
“I noticed that the restoration work at Paglajhora is nearly complete. However, major work remains to
be done at Tindharia,” he said.
“I have written to senior officials of the DHR, urging them to speed up the process of the restoration of the railway lines,” Mr Whittle added.
According to him, members of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway have collected Rs 10 lakh and that they are willing to hand over the cash to anyone willing to work for the preservation of the DHR.
“For this, we are holding consultations with officials of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway,” Mr Whittle said.
According to him, the DHRS has around 700 members working in 24 different countries actively engaged on awareness and preservation of the DHR since 1987.(SNS)