NAMTIALI

For the first time, Tinsukia Division under N.F. Railway has sanctioned 02 cases of way-leave applications using the Indian Railways Rail Bhoomi Crossing Seva (IR-RBCS) system o­n 07^thFebruary, 2023. The 02 cases of way-leave applications were submitted by Assam Gas Company Limited (AGCL) for Gas / Oil Pipeline in Simalguri – Mahutgaon & Mezenga – Namtiali sections.

Indian Railways Rail Bhoomi Crossing Seva (IR-RBCS) is a web based application for Way-Leave Easement Rights provided by Indian Railways under the IRCEP Portal. This facility has been provided to fast-track way-leave applications and sanctions, in a totally digital manner. Application for grant of land leasing/licensing and way leave permissions shall be submitted o­n respective o­nline portals o­nly. Approval in all cases shall be granted o­nline. The system uses Digital Signatures for complete authenticity and integrity, allows Digital payments, Real-Time monitoring, generates instant alerts and notifications and can be used for all types of Way-Leave applications such as pipeline, culvert, cable, powerline, etc.

This policy enable integrated development of infrastructure aligned with PM Gati Shakti framework and to attract more cargo to rail, the extant policy for leasing, licensing and Right of Way (ROW) of railway land has been simplified. Infrastructure for all public service utilities viz. electricity, gas, water supply, telecom cable, sewage disposal, drains, optical fibre cables (OFC), pipelines, roads, flyovers, bus terminals, regional rail transport, urban transport and any other such infrastructure shall be permitted.

All the stakeholders can visit the website https://ircep.gov.in/IR-RBCS/login.jsp and avail the facilities under the way-leave applications using the Indian Railways Rail Bhoomi Crossing Seva.

The Northeast Frontier Railway is moving forward with its twin objectives of ‘Revenue generation for Indian Railways’ and providing better transport facilities to people of Northeast.          

Due to relentless efforts of Business Development teams of N. F. Railway, 51.78 tonnes of Black Cardamom has been loaded from New Tinsukia and Mariani stations of Tinsukia division for transportation to various destinations over Indian Railways namely, New Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, New Jalpaiguri etc. since April, 2021 to 30^thOctober, 2021 fetching a revenue of Rs. 4,14,489/-. During this period, 174.57 tonnes of Betel Nut has been loaded from New Tinsukia, Ledo and Sapekhati stations of Tinsukia division for transportation to various destinations over Indian Railways namely Dimapur, Namtiali etc. fetching a revenue of Rs.1,56,243/- . The efforts have been made through BDU initiatives of Tinsukia division giving a significant boost to farmers in the region.

Moreover, Alipurduar division of N. F. Railway captured new traffic of wheat destined for different stations of Bangladesh as a result of marketing efforts by the BDU. During the period from June to October, 2021 the division loaded 11192 tonnes of wheat from the Falakata station in a number of rakesfetching revenue of Rs. 60.54 lakh.

N. F. Railway has set up Business Development Units (BDUs) at all the Divisions i.e. Katihar, Alipurduar, Rangiya, Lumding and Tinsukia and also at Zonal Head Quarters level to increase the freight transportation volume. The initiatives by the BDUs of various divisions have been successful in bringing in new mode of traffic to railways from road sector.