AGARTALA, Oct 12 (TIWN): Yet in another major success to the state, a total of conversion of 109 km of rail track from Meter Gauge (MG) to Broad Gauge (BG) for the Agartala – Kumarghat railway track is completed and is now ready to run the goods train in the track. In a major achievement, the engineers and workers with their best effort has converted 109 km rail track from Meter Gauge (MG) to Broad Gauge (BG) for Kumarghat to Agartala track successfully.The rail track between Kumarghat to Agartala is now ready to run goods train. As per the schedule, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) undertook the BG conversion work just two month back and the conversion of track for the Agartala-Kumarghat track is already complete. The 109km entire stretch between Kumarghat to Agartala railway track has been converted into BG line within a time period of only two months. It is scheduled that on October 13, a motor trolley run would be conducted on the newly converted BG track- Agartala t o Kumarghat to check the stability of the track to kick off the journey of the goods trains in the track. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NFR AS Garud and Chief Engineer and NFR Harpal Singh are expected to remain present in the motor trolley trial run. The successful run of the trains on the broad-gauge track will bring sync with those in the rest of the country and Tripura is gearing up for faster connectivity and communication with several parts of the nation. However, DoNER minister Dr.Jitendra Singh also said that Agartala will be connected with the BG connectivity by March 2016. The sources further claimed that BG conversion work from Kumarghat to Badarpur is in full swing and expected to get it completed well before the schedule time.

The railway authority is equally working hard to build cross bridges over the rail line at every platform of the rail stations to ensure free movement of the passengers.

Meanwhile, a full-fledged team of NFR headed by its General Manager RK Gupta was on a three-day visit to the state recently. During the visit, the GM reviewed the status of ongoing railway projects in the state and expressed his satisfaction over the performance.

With the introduction of the BG facility, one could return from Guwahati to Agartala, capital town of the landlocked State –Tripura in a journey spanning around eight hours and if things fall in place, the ongoing work of BG conversion work from Lumding to Agartala via Badarpur would be completed shortly.

With the everyday progress in the conversion work, the common mass of the state is observing a ray of hope for faster communication and transportation.