Aadil Mir,NEW DELHI, July 8: In a significant
development Railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda announced a premium train —
Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express — and an AC weekly express train between
Naharlagun-New Delhi will be introduced in the current fiscal.
It's good news for northeast India in this
Rail Budget as government on Tuesday proposed seven new trains besides
earmarking Rs 5,116 crore for various projects in the region.
Kamakhya station is within Guwahati city while
Naharlagun is 12km away from Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar. Two daily
intercity express trains — Guwahati-Naharlagun and Guwahati-Murkongselek--will
be introduced during 2014-15, Gowda announced while presenting the Railway
Budget in Parliament.
Kamakhya will also be connected with Katra in
Jammu & Kashmir with a weekly express train. Two passenger trains have also
been offered for the northeastern region. They are Guwahati-Mendipathar
passenger (daily) and Rangapara North-Rangiya passenger (daily). The railway
minister said there are 23 projects underway in the northeast, of which 11 are
national projects.
In 2014-15, an outlay of Rs 5,116 crore is
earmarked for projects of northeast and this is a 54 per cent jump over
allocations in the previous year.
"With higher allocations and by close
monitoring of works in this region, I hope that Dudhnoi-Mendipathar new line,
Lumding-Badarpur-Silchar gauge conversion, Harmuti-Murkongselek and
Balipara-Bhalukpong sections will soon get commissioned. These measures will
also give a boost to the state capital connecting projects in the region,"
he said.
Source: ‘Themetrolive.com’
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