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The House of Representatives\u2019 Transportation Committee is looking into amending legislation on the National Tunnels Authority to separate it from the Railways Authority, Al Mal<\/a> reports. The head of the Railways Authority is reportedly lobbying against the amendments. The discussions on the amendments were postponed to next week after Transport Minister Hisham Arafat did not attend Tuesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The House of Representatives\u2019 Transportation Committee is looking into amending legislation on the National Tunnels Authority to separate it from the Railways Authority, Al Mal reports. The head of the Railways Authority is reportedly lobbying against the amendments. 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