ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railway is suffering Rs 90 million per day loss due to floods. “Relentless monsoons and floods have not only destroyed many railway tracks, but also damaged bridges which disconnected Sindh and Balochistan with other parts of country,” officials in Ministry of Railway are quoted as saying.

Officials were quoted as saying that during last month, Quetta was disconnected from rest of country after bridge collapse at Mach Station, which had resulted in cancellation of seven important trains between Karachi and Quetta. Local media earlier reported that estimated economic loss to Pakistan from floods has increased from 10 billion to 12.5 billion dollar. However, it is reported that a report compiled by ministry of finance showed much bigger losses than original estimation, precisely to range between $ 15 billion to $ 20 billion.

“On direction of Minister for Railway Khawaja Saad Rafique, department is putting maximum efforts for rehabilitation of railway track in Sindh, Balochistan and other affected parts of country shortly,” sources from ministry as saying.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 12 2022

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