CONNECTING OF STATE CAPITALS WITH
RAIL LINES IN NE REGION
The following three
new line projects have already been included in the budget to
connectivity to State Capitals in the North East Region: Harmuti-Itanagar,
Diphu-Karong as first phase of HV line to Imphal, and Kumarghat-Agartala.
The work of Kumarghat-Agartala
is in progress. The surveys for alternative alignment for Harmuti-Itanagar
and Diphu-Karong have been taken up on the requests of State Governments.
The work on these projects would be taken up based on decision
on the alternative alignments.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from Shri Rishang Keishing in
the Rajya Sabha today.
