Indore-Manmad rail line

Bhopal, Feb 18 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today assured that procedural delays, vis-a-vis laying of the roughly 350-km-long Indore-Manmad railway line, would be tackled, official sources said.

A 158-km stretch of the line would pass Indore division. Mr Chouhan had related discussions at his residence with a delegation led by Indore MP Sumitra Mahajan.

''During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent Jhabua visit, I urged him that the project's entire cost be borne by the Centre. My government will soon present its side of the matter after a full-fledged study,'' said Mr Chouhan who also discussed tha matter with three Maharashtra MLAs.

He said that detailed discussions would take place with Dr Singh and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad.

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