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www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2020-08-03
During the last 6 years, Rs 27,655 crore of Capital Investment was made by Indian Railways in North East Projects which is 160% more than the capital investment of Rs 10,610 made during 2009-14. The major projects that were completed during the last 6 years are- ● Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge: 5 km Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge across river Brahmaputra commissioned and dedicated to the Nation by Hon’ble Prime Minister in December 2018. The bridge has brought North and South Assam closer together like never before by shortening rail travel distance between Naharlagun (Itanagar) and Dibrugarh by more than 700 km, thereby reducing travelling time from 24 to 5 hours. The Road distance between Dibrugarh and Itanagar also reduced by more than 100 km. ● Barak Valley of Assam connected with Broad Gauge (BG) rail network in Nov’2015 with completion of Gauge conversion work of Lumding - Silchar section ● 503 Km Gauge Conversion project between Rangiya - Murkongselek passing through the north bank of Brahmaputra fully completed and commissioned for Train services on 10.08.2015 ● 4 States connected with Broad Gauge rail network (i) Meghalaya in Nov 2014 with 20 Km long new line from Dudhnoi to Mendipather. (ii) Manipur in May’2016 connected at Jiribam for Passenger Services. (iii) Mizoram in May’2016 connected at Bhairabi for Passenger Services. (iv) Tripura in May’2016 ● Capital City of Arunanchal Pradesh connected with New Delhi through direct train service on 20.02.2015. Connectivity to the North Eastern States: ● Entire Rail network of North-eastern States converted to Broad Gauge. A total of 972 Kms converted in three years (2014-17) ● All North-eastern States (except Sikkim) connected by Rail network; Sikkim to be connected by December 2022. ● While Capitals of Assam, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh are already connected; others state Capitals will be connected as per the targets decided as below: S. No State Capital City Name of Project Length(Km) Target Date of Completion 1 Manipur Imphal Jiribam – Imphal 111 March 2022 2 Mizoram Aizawl Bhairabi – Sairang 51 March 2023 3 Nagaland Kohima Dimapur – Kohima 82 March 2023 4 Meghalaya Shillong Teteliya – Byrnihat 22 March 2022 5 Sikkim Gangtok Sivok – Rangpo 44 Dec 2022 The major thrust given in developing Rail infrastructure in the North East has provided direct connectivity of the North Eastern states to the rest of India and it will have a great impact on the socio- economic development of the region. (Subhanan Chanda) CPRO/N.F. Railway 2
www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2020-01-08
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel of N.F. Railway had intercepted and recovered contraband items such as foreign made cigarette and cannabis worth about Rs. 20.01 lakh and a rare species of tortoise during checking at station and in trains during the period from 25th November, 2019 to 5th January, 2020 and apprehended one person involved in the illegal transportation of the tortoise. A team of RPF/Guwahati conducted checking at Guwahati Railway Station on November 27, 2019 and recovered 800 packets of foreign made cigarette worth about Rs. 16 lakh. The recovered contrabands were handed over to Assistant Commissioner of Customs Division, Guwahati for further disposal. In separate operation on that day, RPF team of Rangiya jointly with CPDS team of Rangiya conducted drive in the Train No. 22411 DN (Arunachal Express) from Rangapara North to Rangiya and recovered 54 kgs cannabis valued at Rs. 2.16 lakh. In another case on November 26, 2019, RPF team of Katihar conducted checking in Train No.55770 DN (Katihar - Malda Court passenger) between Kumedpur and Harishchandrapur Railway Station and apprehended one person with recovery of one rare species of tortoise weighing about 8 kgs. Later, the tortoise and the person carrying it were handed over to Forest Range Officer, Malda, West Bengal for further course of action. On December 7, 2019, RPF of Agartala conducted checking in train No. 01665 Habibganj- Agartala Special at Agartala Railway Station and recovered 12 kgs cannabis worth about Rs. 72 thousand. on that day, RPF/Lumding conducted checking in train No. 22502 DN New Tinsukia- SBC Express at Lumding Railway Station and recovered 6 kgs cannabis worth about Rs. 36 thousand. Recovered contrabands were later handed over to Excise Department for further action. On December 9, 2019, RPF personnel of Katihar jointly with officials of Excise Department, Katihar conducted a drive at Katihar Railway Station and recovered contraband liquor valued about Rs. 5100/-. It may be mentioned here that Katihar station is in Bihar which is a dry state. Again, RPF personnel conducted checking at New Alipurduar Railway Station on January 2, 2020 and recovered 12 kgs cannabis worth about Rs. 72 thousand. RPF of NFR also rescued as many as 72 minor children during the period from 25th November, 2019 to 5th January, 2020 from different stations and trains and handed over them to their respective guardians or NGOs. (Subhanan Chanda) CPRO/N.F. Railway
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