Railway Minister Rajen Gohain Inaugurates Passenger Amenities

Railway Minister Rajen Gohain Inaugurates Passenger Amenities

GUWAHATI: Rajen Gohain, Minister of State of Railways on Thursday dedicated the newly constructed double line section between Hojai – Habaipur at Hojai. He also inaugurated newly constructed station buildings and passenger amenities at Hojai, Lanka, Dhalphukhuri and Habaipur.

Hojai MLA Shiladitya Deb, Lumding MLA Sibu Misra, General Mangager (CON) of N.F. Railway NK Prasad, General Mangager of NF Railway Sanjive Roy and other senior officials were present on the occasion.

20 km long newly-constructed Broad Gauge Double Line between Hojai and Habaipur is part of the Hojai – Lumding Doubling Project which was sanctioned in 2012-13. The revised cost of the entire project is approximately Rs. 615 crore. The new line has the potential to run passenger traffic at 100 kmph. This line will greatly help in removing traffic congestion on the section and improve punctuality of trains on the crucial Guwahati – Lumding section.

The four stations in the section which were also inaugurated today have various provisions for differently-abled persons including ramps and toilets for Divyanjans. These stations are also provided with all passenger amenities like waiting halls, foot over bridges, drinking water, covered platform and large passenger circulating areas etc.

Speaking on the occasion, Rajen Gohain said that work of doubling of Digaru to Hojai and from Habaipur to Lumding is going on in full swing and would be completed by the end of March 2020. Since 2014, Rs 28905 cr has been allocated for construction projects which is about twice the fund of Rs 12660 Cr allocated during 2009 to 2014, stated a press release.

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