In poll-mode, Mamata to open rail project

KOLKATA - With the West Bengal assembly polls around six months away, Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will tour three western districts over the weekend and kickstart a railway project.

Banerjee will visit Burdwan, Purulia and Bankura Saturday and Sunday and hold public rallies, said party sources.

During her trip, she will inaugurate a railway wagon factory at Andal in Burdwan, said a Trinamool Congress leader.

He said Banerjee will also sign an MoU with the National Thermal Power Corp for a power plant at Adra in Purulia.