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Government to reclaim railway lands

The transport sector will not be complete without the railway playing a key role. The deputy minister said one of the key challenges they face as a sector has been from the railways

 

She mentioned this at a public forum dubbed “Government for the People”, in the Greater Accra region on Tuesday 12 July.

The forum is to provide a platform for the government to showcase what it has accomplished, the policies it has formulated and the impact of all of these on the general public.

Addressing the audience on the developments of the transportation sector in the Greater Accra Region, Mogtari expressed hope that the ministry will fully roll out the bus rapid transit system by end of year. She encouraged the general public to patronise the services of the BRT more and also looked forward to an extension of the areas the routes the ply. She said “we expect more people to patronise the BRT and then also hope to extend it to other areas such as Kasoa”.

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The transport sector will not be complete without the railway playing a key role. The deputy minister said one of the key challenges they face as a sector has been from the railways. “The railways have been one of our key challenges, we continue to work on finding the requisite investment for the railway sector” she said.

In Accra there are two trains that run a transportation system for passengers plying the Nsawam to Accra and Tema to Accra routes. Mogtari called on the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to develop railway lines particularly from Takoradi in the Western region to Tema in the Greater Accra region for the transportation of cargos. She said “though we have some very limited services here in Accra, we also look forward to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority developing its own railway to improve the movement of cargo from the port of Takoradi to the port of Tema”.

She mentioned that encroachments, galamsey, litigation and illegal leasing of lands is still a major challenge for them. She indicated that the Ministry is drawing a strategy to redeem such lands. “We also look forward to working towards finding a way of dealing with the encroachments specifically that of the Nsawam to the Central Business District. So we hope that when the time comes the traditional leaders will assist us to be able to fully revamp this all important sector” she added.

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