Latest News | Partial Doubling of Guwahati-Lumding Section of NFR by This Fiscal

Guwahati, Nov 5 (PTI) Doubling of the 102 km Digaru-Hojai segment of Guwahati-Lumding section under Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is likely to be completed within this fiscal, a NFR spokesperson said on Friday.

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Once the double lines are laid more freight trains can be operated for states like Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland, apart from upper Assam and south Assam areas, which will boost economic activities of these areas with better connectivity, the spokesperson said in a release.

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The Digaru-Hojai segment is part of the about 180 km Guwahati-Lumding section and the doubling of this segment was sanctioned in the Railway budget of 2015-16.

The foundation stone of the project was laid by the then railway minister Suresh Prabhu on November 10, 2016.

The revised estimated cost of the work is more than Rs 2,136 crore, the release said.

“A total of 50.87 km was already commissioned during 2020-21. And now by doing comprehensive planning, the entire section is likely to be made double line within the financial year 2021-22,” it said.

Once the doubling is completed the travelling time of trains will be reduced inthe segment that is part of the section that carries freight and passenger trains for Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland, apart from pper Assam and South Assam districts.

“With the doubling of the lines, more and more freight trains can be operated for Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland, besides areas in upper and south Assam. Economic activities of these areas will prosper with better connectivity,” the release added.

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