All North-Eastern states to be connected to Delhi by long-distance trains: MoS Railways S C Angadi

Union minister of state for Railways Suresh Channabasappa Angadi on Friday said that all the eight states of the North East will be connected to national capital Delhi by long-distance trains.

The union minister announced this while visiting the Bogibeel bridge on his way to Arunachal Pradesh's capital Itanagar to attend a programme.

The minister spent nearly 2 hours at the Bogibeel bridge site on the south bank and was briefed by senior officials of the NF Railway. Later he also undertook a boat safari to watch the splendour of the country's longest rail-cum-road bridge from the Brahmaputra.