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Islamabad. In Pakistan, which is facing economic crisis, the railway service has also completely collapsed. Shahbaz Sharif’s government does not even have enough money to run the railways for the people of the country. The interesting thing is that Pakistan, facing cash crunch, was betrayed this time by its ‘all-weather friend’ China.
In fact, to bring its rail back on track, the Pakistan government had ordered railway bogies from China, whose total cost was 149 million dollars… But these ‘Made in China’ bogies failed to run on Pakistan’s railway line. And now questions are being raised on the strength and quality of bogies imported from China. The Express Tribune newspaper gave this information.
Risk of accident from Chinese bogies
Sources told the Pakistani newspaper that the Shehbaz Sharif government needed to spend hundreds of thousands of rupees just to make the bogies operational. It said that maintenance work was being done on the ski line of Pakistan Railways. “However, he pointed out that there was a risk of accident due to improper pressure pipe as the brakes would not work properly in such a situation,” the report said.
Technical fitment of bogies
To solve these problems, the railway administration started the work of installing two to two and a half inch thin pipes in the bogies. Pakistan’s newspaper said that earlier 20-inch pipe was installed in these bogies. Pakistan’s Chief Mechanical Engineer Mohammad Haseeb said that the bogies are being technically fitted. It has been said in the report that about 90 officials who have gone on a trip to China get US $ 100 per day under TADA.
Demonstration against the Government of Pakistan regarding CPEC
This news has come at a time when there have been continuous anti-government protests in Gwadar, a strategically important port city in Pakistan. Gwadar is very important for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it is the end point of the controversial project on which India has objected to China. This corridor will pass through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
