Problems with the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and its Extensions resulting from the acquisition of the 1. The Central Government and the West Bengal Government discussed how to share the line's ongoing, significant losses. The Railway Board suggested closing the line, but the West Bengal government insisted that this should not happen until the road services had improved enough. To that end, they requested that the Central Government contribute Rs 45 lakhs towards the estimated Rs 71 lakhs needed to improve the D.H. Cart Road. (3) Later on, it was determined that there would be no line closure and that every effort would be made to limit the losses and

Keywords	West Bengal Shri B.K. Sen
Department	Ministry of Railway
Branch	Finance Expenditure I
From Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1947
To Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1947
Identifier	PR_000007007682
File No.	F/X/I-47-PR/9A-PT-I/113-180
Location	Repository-4
File Size	314.7 MB
Pages	352
Collection	Digitized Public Records Ministry of Railway
Language	English