LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) will rehabilitate 250 km long rail track damaged in civil war in Sri Lanka besides carrying out a project for improving Sri Lankan Railways’ rolling stock.

Presiding a meeting of Pakistan Railways Advisory and Consultancy Services (PRACS) board here Friday, Pakistan Railways Chairman Samiul Haq Khilji said agreement in this regard was reached during his visit to Sri Lanka from June 14 to 21.

Pakistan Railways would also carry out reconstruction and rehabilitation of 600 passenger coaches of Sri Lankan Railways. The meeting was attended by GM Operations Saeed Akhtar, Member Finance Jehangir Aziz and Managing Director, PRACS, Mehmood Rashid.

Giving details of agreements made during his visit to Sri Lanka he said, five hundred 4-wheeler freight coaches would be converted into eight-wheelers besides upgrading 60 diamond style coaches to new standard.

He said Pakistan Railways would also provide spare parts to Sri Lankan Railways besides providing facility of training to its officials at Walton Academy. Earlier, the chairman presiding meeting of RAILCOP’s board directed for continuing work apace on the project for construction of housing flats to be provided to Railways employees on easy instalments.