Shimla, March 29 -- Himachal Pradesh government is yet to deposit Rs.178.95 crore for 33-km Chandigarh-Baddi rail link project, Union railways minister informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply on Friday.

The ministry shared the information while responding to a question raised by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Indu Bala Goswami regarding proportion of the cost to be shared by the Centre and the state government for the Chandigarh-Baddi railway line.

The Rs.1,540-crore rail link, expected to be completed by June 2025, will connect Chandigarh to Baddi, an industrial hub in Himachal's Solan district.

The project was sanctioned on a 50:50 cost-sharing between state government and the Union railways ministry. The state government was to depos...