AGARTALA, August 10 (TIWN): The North East Frontier Railway (NFR) officials is scheduled to visit the Mega block routes from August 10 for inspection prior to kick off the construction work of the Mega block in Tripura proposed from October 1 this year, said official source.The team comprising of Divisional railway Manager and other officials is expected to visit the Badarpur-Agartala route on August 10 and from Agartala to Sabroom on August 11.The source added that the official will review the progress of construction works from Agartala to Sabroom with the local railway officers. The railway authority has clarified that they have taken all the necessary initiatives to start the Mega Block expected to start from October 1 this year.Besides, according to the state official sources the state transport department has a plan to call for a high level meeting prior to the Mega block railway construction work.In a bid to break the deadlock on the proposed Broad Gauge (BG) conversion work under the Mega Block a delegation team of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) meeting with the state Transport Minister Manik Dey earlier at the secretariat demanding for a security measures if required, health hazards, FCI and IOC sites and others prior to kick off the full fledged work.The train services from Agartala would remain suspended from October 1 following the mega block conversion work which is scheduled to end by March 2016. Presently one pair passenger train is running between Karimganj and Agartala.The rail route from Lumding in Assam to Agartala would be closed from October 1 till March 31, 2016 for converting the railway tracks from meter gauge to broad gauge.

However, once the BG conversion work is ended successfully people can travel to any other parts of the country from Agartala. Besides, the Agartala station is all set to receive a bee storming gathering of passengers following which another entry point would be constructed here in Agartala.