Now, state drags feet on rly project.

anindita chowdhuryKOLKATA,9 OCT: While the Marxists in the state have been accusing the Union railway minister of politicking over development and jeopardising the East-West Metro Corridor Project, they might also look within. The railway authorities have accused the state government of dragging its feet on land acquisition and thereby delaying a project in which the state government has a stake, specifically, its funding one-third of the project cost. The construction of the broad gauge line between Bargachiaand Champadanga, extending between Howrahand Hooghly,was even cleared by the state Cabinet. Interestingly, post-Singur,the project had been endorsed by the CPI-Mleadership in a bid …