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Officials at the railway station stated that the repair of the block was in the pipeline besides other development projects. GENERAL WAITING HALLNeeraj BaggaTribune News ServiceAmritsar, July 17Even after about three years, the Railways has not repaired the roof of a block at the entrance of the general waiting hall at the railway station. Northern Railway divisional engineer, in a letter dated September 9, 2014, had declared the roof around the erstwhile current-booking office and its adjoining offices, near the general waiting hall, unsafe. In order to temporarily secure the area and discourage public movement, railway officials raised a nearly three-foot wall, which leaves a less than five-foot passage for commuters. The roof is made of battens and tiles which were eaten up and weakened its strength..