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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- 2020-04-27
Indian Railways is ensuring seamless transportation of medical items on priority during the nationwide lock down due to COVID-19. Indian Railways continues to deliver medicines, masks, hospital items and other medical commodities through its timetabled parcel services to strengthen Government’s efforts in managing the challenges and adverse impact of corona virus in the country. As on 18.04.2020, Indian Railways has transported 1150 Tonnes medical items in various parts of the country. N.F. Railway has also transported nearly 2.50 tonnes of medical items to various N.E. States within its jurisdiction through parcel express trains. The transportation of such items to all NE states is of great importance as these items are generally not manufactured in this region and states are heavily dependent on transportation of these items from outside. Mask, sanitizer and other medical items have become very essentials in view of the present spread of the COVID-19. NFR also operated small size Parcel Express trains as per fixed Time Table timings towards Agartala (Tripura), Dibrugarh (Assam), Dimapur (Nagaland) and Mendipathar (Meghalaya) etc to ensure transportation of essential goods in small quantity including medical items. It may be mentioned here that, Indian Railways is touching human lives during the hour of crisis. Recently, for an autistic child, skimmed camel milk was transported by a Parcel Train from Ajmer to Mumbai when the parents resorted for help on social media platform. Similarly, another autistic child in Ajmer suffering from serious ailments, had his stock of medicines run out, his relatives approached Railway officials and medicines were transported by a parcel train from Ahmadabad to Ajmer. (Subhanan Chanda) CPRO/N.F. Railway
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