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Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Saturday, 29 April 2017
North East states
08:24
Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways commenced final location surveys of three new BG railway line in Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways commenced final location surveys of three new BG railway line in Arunachal Pradesh
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Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways commenced final location surveys of three new BG railway line in Arunachal Pradesh
Manoj Sinha Minister of State for Railways & Minister of State for Communication (Independent Charge) today commenced the final location surveys of three new BG railway lines in Arunachal Pradesh during a ceremonial function held at Naharlagun railway station. Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nabam Rebia, Minister for Urban Development, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, H.K.Jaggi, General Manager (Construction), N.F.Railway along with other dignitaries were also present.
Expansion of rail connectivity in the Northeast has been the topmost priority of the Government under the able leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister. North-eastern region has a very special place in all development agenda of the Government of India. Arunachal Pradesh became the first North Eastern state after Guwahati to have BG Rail connectivity directly to it’s capital city when Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendera Modi flagged off the 1st AC express train from Naharlagun station on 20th February 2015 connecting the capital of our country. Before that Bhalukpong was the only railway station in Arunachal Pradesh.
Keeping up with the Government’s decision to connect all capitals of Northeast States on the railway network by 2020, Capitals of Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura are now connected with a BG line with rest of India. In the past three years, Broad Gauge railway network has also been extended into the states of Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur. Thus, total 5 states have been brought on the BG network during last three years. With this, all the NE states except Sikkim are now connected on Broad Gauge network.
With the commencement of the final location Survey for three BG Railway lines i.e. BG connectivity to Tawang (Bhalukpog-Tenga-Tawang) 378 kms, BG connectivity to Along (North Lakhimpur – Bame - Along-Silapathar) 247.85 kms & BG connectivity to Parsuramkund (Pasighat – Tezu – Rupai) 227 kms connectivity to northern & eastern frontiers of Arunachal Pradesh will improve leaps and bound. Tourist from places will find it easier to visit Arunachal Pradesh to explore its natural beauty. Economic activity will greatly flourish in the region. once completed, these lines will also provide all weather connectivity to tourist place like Tawang & Parshuram Kund. Thus, tourism sector in this region will also get quantum jump.
Modern surveying technique will be adopted for these projects to overcome the challenging terrain. It will take about three & half years to complete these surveys and targeted to be completed by October, 2020. Very long tunnels & bridges will be required to be constructed in these projects. While the realistic cost assessment will be known only after completion of final location Surveys but, roughly the cost of these 3 lines is expected to be around 60 to 70 thousand Crore.
In addition to these three final location surveys, Reconnaissance Engineering Cum Traffic Survey (RETS) has also been sanctioned for eight new lines in Arunachal Pradesh for a total length of about 625 Km. These are 1) Margherita to Deomali (31 kms), 2) Lekhapani- Kharsang (25 kms), 3) Itakhola to Seijosa (18 kms), 4) Doodooma to Wakro via Simulguri,Namsai, Chowkham (96 kms), 5) Dangri to Roing (60kms), 6) Naharkatia- Deomali (20 kms), 7) Lekhapani - Napnong-New khamlang-Deben (75 kms), 8) Tinsukia (Longpotia) (Assam) To Pasighat Via Kanubari, Deomali, Lekhapani, Jairampur, Kharsang, Miao, Diyun, Tezu, Bhismaknagar, Roing, Dambuk (300 kms).
Source:NFR
Thursday, 25 February 2016
silchar-lumding
08:07
Barak Valley now connected with Manipur, Tripura and Delhi
Barak Valley now connected with Manipur, Tripura and Delhi
After 69 years of independence, Southern Assam gets direct train to New Delhi. Focus is to connect North-east with rest of India via a robust rail network; said Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways
Silchar: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off three trains, connecting the Barak valley with Manipur and Tripura as well as with Delhi via the rail route.
People of southern Assam’s multi-ethnic Barak valley bordering Bangladesh had a key role in the Independence movement of India. But it took 69 years since Independence to link the land-locked region that not only has three districts of Assam but is also the gateway by road to Tripura, Mizoram and parts of Manipur, to get its first direct trains to the national capital.
Prabhu flagged off the first freight trains from Badarpur in Karimganj district of Assam to Jirania in Agartala and to Jiribam in Manipur by remote from Silchar railway station at 2.58pm. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday flagged off the weekly Silchar-New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti special express at a colourful ceremony at Silchar railway station in Cachar district of Southern Assam bordering Bangladesh. Prabhu declared that by 2020, all the state capitals of Northeast will have direct rail connectivity to New Delhi.
In a historic moment for the people of Barak valley, he also flagged off the Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express from Silchar to New Delhi at 2.45pm.
Addressing the gathering at the Silchar railway station, Prabhu said all the capitals of the northeastern states would be brought under the railway map by 2020.
“It’s really very unfortunate that the people of this region had to wait for long to get railway services. We are determined to connect all the eight states of the Northeast by 2020. There will be no dearth of funds for the completion of this dream project,” he added.
The railway minister today announced that a passenger train would begin plying between Agartala and Silchar by April 14.
“I also request the NF Railway authorities to start a new Silchar-Guwahati inter-city express before the beginning of the new year. It will be a gift for the people of this valley on the occasion of the Indian New Year,” he added.
Prabhu also announced that he would try his best to run a train from Silchar to Tinsukia and another train from here to either Mumbai or Chennai soon.
The railway minister said the gauge-conversion work on the Agartala-Bangladesh route had also been started.
“We are committed to improve railway infrastructure in the Northeast. We provided an all-time high budget allotment of Rs 5,300 crore to the projects in this region in 2015-16. I assure you that there will be no dearth of funds in this mission,” he added.
He underscored the importance of railway connectivity in bringing development to a particular place. “Better railway connectivity will also provide better marketing facilities and contribute to the socio-economical development of this region,” he said.
With the gauge conversion of the erstwhile metre-gauge line from Arunachal village near Silchar in Assam to Jiribam in Imphal East district of Manipur, one more northeastern state has been brought onto the broad-gauge railway map of India. The revised estimated cost of this line is Rs 252 crore.
The gauge-conversion of Badarpur-Baraigram was sanctioned in 2003-04 and Baraigram to Kumarghat in Tripura in 2007-08 as material modification to Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion project at an estimated cost of Rs 565 crore. The work has been completed in this route.
A trial freight train was taken on the section and then up to Agartala on January 13 this year. To connect the capital of Tripura, the Kumarghat-Agartala broad-gauge line (109km) was sanctioned in 1996-97.
Addressing the people at the inaugural ceremony, Prabhu said that besides Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, Manipur will be connected in the railway circuit within 2017-19 and Aizawl will also be connected in the same period.
“The North East has the capacity to contribute significantly to the nation’s development. But the region and people living in the states here need better connectivity to stay connected with the rest of India. It is a historic day for the people of the Barak Valley, who have long been waiting for better connectivity. We must turn our promises into performance. All the State capitals of the North East will be connected by railways by 2020,” Prabhu assured the gathering.
Prabhu said efforts will be made to extend rail routes to Kohima, Shillong and Gangtok within 2020 and officials have been instructed to do their best to achieve this mission.
He said that “acche din” for the people of the Barak Valley began with the starting of the Silchar-Guwahati passenger express on November 21 last. He announced that the Silchar-Agartala inter-city express and passenger trains, Silchar-Guwahati and Silchar-Tinsukia train services will be started within April 14. He also said that the Railways is aware of the need for trains from Silchar to Mumbai and Chennai and the issue will be discussed for introducing trains on the said routes at the earliest.
He also assured Silchar MP Susmita Dev that there will be no dearth of funds for ushering in development in the Barak Valley.
BJP MPs from Guwhati and Mangaldai, Bijoya Chakravarty and Ramen Deka, also spoke on the occasion. NF Railway General Manager HK Jaggi delivered the welcome address.
The Minister inaugurated the commercial BG freight trains from Badarpur to Jirania (Tripura) and Badarpur-Jiribam of Manipur this afternoon in the presence of NFR GM HK Jaggi, NFR Chief Administrative Officer Ajit Pandit, Chief Engineer Rabindra Ram and several other NFR officials, besides a huge gathering at the Silchar Railway Station. Immediately after the inauguration, two goods trains started their journey from Badarpur to Jirania and another goods train started moving from Badarpur to Jiribam. A large number of people who gathered at the Badarpur station greeted the Sampark Kranti express as soon as it arrived.
Friday, 26 June 2015
Safety and security
09:32
MoS (Home) discusses Train Services & Passenger Security related issues on the NE with Rail Minister
MoS (Home) discusses Train Services & Passenger Security related issues on the NE with Rail Minister
New Delhi: To improve railway connectivity in Arunachal Pradesh and to review the existing facilities in the railway network, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today convened a meeting with Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and senior officials of the ministry in Delhi.
Rijiju during the meeting, took up the issues of train services in the Northeast and security issues related to passengers, an official communique said.
The meeting decided to introduce new railway coaches and better coaches for the people of Arunachal Pradesh in Naharlagun-Delhi AC SF Express train and to launch a new train from Morkongselek (Jonai) to Guwahati so that eastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh were better connected with the rest of India.
The meeting also decided to introduce a better ticketing system for the people of the state and to allot more quota of seats for the state besides speeding up survey works for rail connectivity to Tawang and Aalo-Pasighat sectors, the communique said.
It was assured that all efforts would be made to further strengthen the railway connectivity of Arunachal Pradesh, the communique added.
Sunday, 10 May 2015
india-china border
09:56
China's hyperactive infrastructure building on their side of the border has forced India to take corrective steps on its own hills.
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China's hyperactive infrastructure building on their side of the border has forced India to take corrective steps on its own hills.
For example, Arunachal Pradesh, the largest among the eight Northeastern states, and a state that borders Bhutan (160 km), China (1,080 km) and Myanmar (440 km), has less than 15 km of railway lines till date.
So, it's not surprising that three out of four proposed rail projects, which are likely to be funded by the ministry of defence, will be rolled out in the strategically located Arunachal Pradesh.
One of those lines, the 378 km-long Misamari (Assam)-Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) one, for example, will be a key line strategically, as it would cater to the mobility of the armed forces stationed at a base near Misamari (near Tezpur, Assam) that's headed by a lieutenant general, an officer just one rank below the Army General.
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This may be one of the very few times that the defence ministry is set to join hands with the Railways to lay tracks.
The last time this happened was for the Sakri-Nirmali rail line, a Rs 350-crore project in Bihar that provides an alternative route to Northeast India; the project was partly funded by the ministry of defence during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government.
The project included construction of a rail-cumroad bridge on the Kosi river at Nirmali, connecting Darbhanga in Bihar with New Jalpaiguri, a gateway to Assam and the Northeast. No deadline has been set as yet for the current projects.
The preliminary surveys have been undertaken and are under examination, according to railway officials looking into this matter.
"The projects are at an advanced stage, and work will formally start once an MoU is signed between the defence ministry and the railways", says one of the officials.
Defence ministry and Railways will Work Together in Northeast: Suresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhu, minister of railways, sheds light on the projects in the Northeast. Edited excerpts:
On rail connectivity to the Northeast
Our idea is to bring in total rail connectivity to the state capitals of the Northeast. We have progressed well in that direction. And for the first time we had an emotional connectivity and not just physical connectivity with the Northeast when we held the Railway Week there (in Guwahati in April). The Railway Week was never organised in that region before. Imagine, it has been happening for the last 70 years, but has never been held in the Northeast.
On working together with the defence ministry
The defence ministry and we have been thinking about working together to bring in even better (rail) connectivity to the Northeast. I will give details at an appropriate time. We (Railways) are already near Itanagar (the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh). We will definitely do work on our own as well as work with the ministry of defence to build a railway network in the region.
On his visits to the Northeast
(As railway minister) I have travelled to a number of places in the region. Recently, I went to Arunachal Pradesh, up to Tawang (bordering China).
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Source : The Economic Times.
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Indo-china Border
07:16
Soon rail link to Indo-China border: Prabhu
Soon rail link to Indo-China border: Prabhu
Guwahati (GWH): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said on Monday that India would soon build railway station right at the Sino-Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh.
The minister said this while talking to reporters at the sidelines of the 60th National Level Railway Week Award Function-2015 here on Monday.
Prabhu said “whatever the defence minister has stated, he has said with full responsibility and right now we cannot divulge more”, hinting at possibilities that the Railways is closely working with the Minister of Defence on the ambitious project of laying the track up to the India-China border and also constructing stations there.
On Arpil 11 last, Manohar Parrikar had said Indian Railways will soon set up a station in Arunachal near the India-China border and a draft MoU is ready to be signed soon.
Significantly, this decision comes close on the heels of China’s claims when that there is “huge dispute” on Arunachal Pradesh as an “undeniable fact.”
Arunachal shares a 1,126 km border with China and 520 km border with Myanmar. China claims Arunachal as part of southern Tibet, a stand strongly opposed by India.
Railways experts believe that China has plans to build a 540 km strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mt Everest.
The railway minister also categorically said that expanding rail network to the remote and border areas of Northeast is a priority of his ministry.
Monday, 13 April 2015
india-china border
10:53
Railways, Defence to jointly build Rail Station in Arunachal Pradesh near India-China border: Defence Minister
Railways, Defence to jointly build Rail Station in Arunachal Pradesh near India-China border: Defence Minister
PANAJI: Indian Railways will soon set up a station in Arunachal Pradesh near the India-China border, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday.
“A draft of the MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) is ready and will be signed soon,” Parrikar said, adding he has spoken in detail about the project to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
The defence minister said that the “gravity” of the border issue between China and India has come down as far as Arunachal Pradesh is concerned.
Parrikar said instances of transgression by China into the Indian territory have reduced in the last one year owing to confidence building measures between the two sides. “The border dispute with China is not new. It has been existing right from the time of India’s Independence. It is an imaginary line and there are some issues which are related to perception,” Parrikar said ahead of PM Modi’s scheduled visit to China next month.
“..In last few years we have taken certain steps. We have built confidence and the dispute has frozen. Compared to last year, this year the (instances of) transgression is less,” he said.
“Their army walks into the territory which we consider as ours. But these confusion areas have reduced, the number is also less during last one year,” he said.
Responding to a question whether Modi would take up the border dispute issue during his visit, Parrikar said, “I think when he (Modi) goes there, he can sort out some issues.”
China had sent alarm bells ringing a few weeks back with its plans to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mt Everest, a move that could raise alarm in India about the Communist giant’s growing influence in its neighbourhood.
“A proposed extension of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to the China-Nepal border through Tibet would boost bilateral trade and tourism as there is currently no rail line linking the two countries,” state-run China Daily reported today.
The rail line was expected to be completed by 2020. However, there was no word on the cost of the project.
The 1,956-km long Qinghai-Tibet railway already links the rest of China with the Tibetan capital Lhasa and beyond.
Wang Mengshu, a rail expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that engineers will face a number of difficulties once the project begins.
“If the proposal becomes reality, bilateral trade, especially in agricultural products, will get a strong boost, along with tourism and people-to-people exchanges,” he said.
Such a plan could see a tunnel being built under Mount Everest, the China Daily said.
“The changes in the elevation along the line are remarkable. The line is probably have to go through Qomolangma so that worker may have to dig some very long tunnels,” Wang said. Qomolangma Mountain is the Tibetan name for Mt Everest.
Restrained by rugged Himalayan mountains with its “remarkable” changes in elevation, trains on the line would probably have a maximum speed of 120 kmph.
Wang said that the project is being undertaken at Nepal’s request and that China has begun preparatory work.
Losang Jamcan, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, told Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav during his visit to Tibet’s provincial capital Lhasa last month that China plans to extend the Tibet railway to Kermug, the Chinese town nearest to Nepal border where a border trade port has been built.
Besides Nepal, China had earlier announced plans to extend its Tibetan rail network to Bhutan and India.
During his recent visit to Nepal, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had asked the officials to conduct a feasibility study to extend the rail network to Kathmandu and beyond, the report said.
Hu Shisheng, Director of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told official media earlier that the aim of the rail line is to simply improve the local economies and people’s livelihoods.
