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Cabinet nod for India joining Trans-Asian rail

P. K. Bhardwaj

It will improve trade and tourism among Asian countries: Dasmunsi

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the way for the country joining hands with others nations to construct the Trans-Asian Railway that will connect vast parts of Europe and Asia.

A Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the signing and ratification of an inter-governmental agreement on Trans-Asian Railway. Minister for Information and Broadcasting P. R. Dasmunsi told presspersons that Trans Asian Railway would help the movement of rail traffic and improve trade and tourism.

The agreement had been signed by 18 countries, including Russia, China, Iran, several CIS nations, Cambodia, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Laos.

The Minister said the Cabinet also approved the creation of three posts of Professor (Law) and one post of Additional Registrar for the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal.

Seeking to end the controversy that led to stalling of the construction of the National Police Memorial in New Delhi, the Cabinet suggested that the steel column and a globe, conceived during the NDA regime, be dismantled and a new structure built at the present site.

The Cabinet also approved writing off of losses due to the construction work so far and abandoning of the present structure.

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