Minister of State for Railways, Coal & Mines Raosaheb Patil Danve holds review meeting with NFR officials

MALIGAON: Raosaheb Patil Danve, Minister of State of Railways, Coal & Mines held a review meeting with General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway at Guwahati on 24th November, 2021. The metting discussed various developmental works and the ongoing railway projects in the northeastern region. The meeting was also attended by the General Manager of N. F. Railway Construction Organisation and other senior railway officials.

Anshul Gupta, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway was present during the discussion with the Minister on the overall performance of Northeast Frontier Railway (Open line) and the day-to-day functioning pertaining to operation of trains and development of passenger amenities in various states.

Sunil Sharma, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction Organisation) along with senior railway officials from the construction organization also gave a presentation of the ongoing projects of Railway Construction in Northeast. N. F. Railway is executing various new railway line projects for connecting the capitals of North- eastern states.

The projects are in various stages of completion. Various issues related to timely completion of these projects were discussed by all stakeholders during the review meeting.

Once the projects are completed, it will create a new mode of communication for the people of northeastern states and will largely help in boosting the economy in these regions. Earlier on Monday, the Union Minister inspected bridge and tunneling works of the Sivok- Rangpo new railway line project. Sikkim will be connected by the railway network through this project, stated a press release.

On the next day, the Minister inspected sites of the ongoing Dimapur-Kohima new railway line project that will connect the state capital of Nagaland. The line starts from the Dhansiri station, which is about 18 km before Dimapur on the main line in between Lumding and Dimapur. This new line will end at Zubza -- adjacent to Kohima. The Minister inspected the newly built Shokhuvi railway station, tunneling and bridge works during his visit. The Union Minister also inaugurated a 60-bedded AC Running room with modern facilities at Kamakya station on 23rd November, 2021. It has veg/non-veg kitchen and separate rooms for ladies staff. He also interacted with the running staffs.

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