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Full electrification of Villupuram-Pondy BG line sought

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, JUNE 13. The Pondicherry Pattali Makkal Katchi MP, M. Ramadoss, has requested the Railway Minister, Laloo Prasad Yadav, to ensure electrification of the Villupuram-Pondicherry broad gauge line.

In his letter, Mr. Ramadoss said the Chennai-Villupuram line was electrified but the 38-km track to Pondicherry was not done.

He said the Pondicherry administration had agreed to share 50 per cent of the Rs. 9 crore-investment.

He also urged the Railway Ministry to ensure that the name board at the local railway station bore `Puduchery', instead of `Pondicherry'.

In a letter to the Minister of State for Railways, R. Velu, recently, Mr. Ramadass said `Puducherry' should also be printed on tickets.

The station was named `Puduchery', when it was established by the then French administration, decades ago. Though the name board atop the station's portico bore `Puduchery', the one on the platform displayed `Pondicherry'.

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