Chairman Railway, Kashif Murtaza has said that an agreement of 160 million dollar has been signed with China to purchase 75 railway engines which would be hand over to Pakistan very soon. He was talking to a press conference on Friday at a local hotel.
He said that very soon Multan Dry Port would be established with the co-operation of Railway Dry Port and private partners and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani would lay down its foundation stone in between October 10 to 15.
He further said that very soon the railway hospital would be converted into a medical college with the aid of private partnership. To a question, chairman railway said that income would be earned from the railway stations by making them commercial with the help of private sector.
"Railway land would be made useful through proper planning and agriculture markets would be established on it," he said adding, so that the farmers could get more and more benefits from it. He said that Prime Minister has announced special measures for Multan and especially this dry port would be made functional within 6 to 8 months.