TIWN
AGARTALA, August 19 (TIWN): With Agartala in pipeline to get Country’s broad gauge railway in map by March 2016 the northeastern states of Tripura would get the taste of express train service if everything falls on the right track. The train services from Agartala is scheduled to get pause for the Mega Block work of the railways.Tripura government has been mulling to accelerate the state’s connectivity with the entire northeastern states and rest of the country along with neighbouring Bangladesh.According to the official a total of Rs. 110 crore has been sanctioned to undertake the Mega Block work of the railways in Agartala sector which is expected to kick off from October 1, during this puja.However, once the mega block work is completed, the high speed trains can start operation from this Agartala sector to rest of the country and people of the land-locked state can avail the taste of the express trains, official said.However, in view of starting the mega block work the construction agencies have already started piling construction materials in different stations to undertake mega block (BG) work. Laying of the 227 km mega block from Badarpur to Agartala is scheduled to be completed by March 2016.At the meantime after the state MPs had met the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, he had assured the delegation to actively consider the proposals of creating a new Division at Agartala and opening a new Centre of Railway Recruitment Board.Besides, the MPs had also asked the Union Ministry to expedite all the pending works in the Agartala sector.
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