Chaparmukh Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act,1982
Act No : 36
Section : PRELIMINARY
CHAPARMUKH SILGHAT RAILWAY LINE AND THE KATAKHAL LALABAZAR RAILWAY LINE (NATIONALISATION) ACT, 1982
36 of 1982
[17th August, 1982]
STATEMENT OF OBEJECTS AND REASONS The Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Company Limited and the Katakhat-Lalabazar Railway Company Limited are owners respectively of the Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhat-Lalabazar Railway Line which are at present being worked and managed by the North-East Frontier Railway, in accordance with the working agreements. As the assets of these two Companies are not efficiently maintained and the Companies are not in a position to rehabilitate them, it has become necessary lo acquire the undertakings of the Companies in relation to the aforesaid railway lines for the purpose of continuance of operation of these two lines which is of vital importance to the remote North-Eastern areal of the country and protect the links of communication between the said areas and the rest of the country.- Gaz. of Ind. 7-9-1981, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., p. 574.
An Act to provide for the acquisition of the undertaking of the Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Company Limited In relation to the Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Line and the undertakings of the Katakhal-Lalabazar Railway Company Limited in relation to the Katakhal-Lalabazar Railway Line with a view to securing the efficient operation of the said Railway lines so as to subserve the needs of the north-eastern areas of India and to protect the links of communication between the said areas and the rest of the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS the Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Line owned by the Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Company Limited and the Katakhal-Lalabazar Railway Line owned by the Katakhal-Lalabazar Railway Company Limited, are vital communication links between the north-eastern areas of India and the rest of the country.
AND WHEREAS the said Railway Lines are integrated with the metre gauge system of the contiguous North-East Frontier Railway;
AND WHEREAS the condition of assets of the aforesaid companies has reached such a stage that it may not be possible to operate train service for long on the railway lines owned by them;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary to secure the efficient operation of the siad Railway lines; BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER 01: PRELIMINARY
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