This week, Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu announced the much-awaited 26-km Ferozepur-Patti rail link in Punjab, sanctioned at a cost of Rs 764 crore.

The line will connect Mallanwala Khas station on the Jalandhar -Ferozepur section with Gharyala station on the Patti-Khemkaran section. While not massive in scale, it is of great significance, set to link areas whose original routes were lost during Partition — most importantly the Ferozepur–Khemkaran section.

This link would reduce the section from the current 294 km to 110 km. A map of the new Ferozepur-Patti rail link. (Source: Minister of Railways)

Scars of Partition

Before Partition, the route between Ferozepur and Khemkaran was a direct line running through what is now Pakistan. It connected Khemkaran with Kas

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