UDAIPUR / AGARTALA, Nov 5 (TIWN): Visiting the matabari railway station under Gomoti district on Thursday NFR GM H.K.Jaggi expressed satisfaction over the progress of the work for BG conversion. Speaking to media, Jaggi further said that the work progress shows that the Tripura will be soon connected with BG railway service and also expressed satisfaction over the work growth. BG Conversion work is running in scheduled time and the conversion work at Matabari railway station is going on in full swing. He also added that rail service will began in Tripura connecting Udaipur by 31st March 2016 positively. He also urged the workers to give their best effort for completing the work in the given time. In a four days visit to Agartala, NFR GM HK Jaggi on Thursday conducted the inspection on the Agartala-Udaipur railway track to check the work progress of the BG Conversion work in the track. However, he is scheduled to visit Sekerkot station along with the other NFR officials including S I Garud and Harpal Singh. He is also scheduled to visit the all the important spots which is necessary to boost the BG Conversion work.

General Manager H K Jaggi will also take a trolley journey from Agartala station to Kumarghat station and from Kumarghat he will also go to Dharmanagar to check the work progress. However, to take a note of the work progress he will also make a visit to Silchar.

On November 6, the General Manager is scheduled to visit Silchar to inspect the BG work progress.

The team led by GM of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) HK Jaggi also visited the road over bridge No: 33 on NH44 of Agartala-Udaipur section of Agartala-Sabroom new line project.  The team will also inspect the blanketing manufacturing plant and bridge no 112 on Gomoti River on Thursday.

Apart he also confirmed that the BG conversion work between Lumbding and silchar had already been completed and goods train are running successfully on the track.

However, General Manager (Construction), Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) R.K.Gupta in his visit to the state in the last month accompanied by S I.Garud Chief Administrative officer, Ajit Pandit NFR CAO Malingaon, Harpal Singh Chief Engineer, Rabindra Ram Chief Engineer and PB Sivaram Prasad CAO NFR also inspected the work progress of BG conversion work in the state and expressed satisfaction over the progress. 

Indian Railways connectivity in India’s north eastern region will get boost with the launch of the first ever broad gauge goods trains to Agartala. The latest trend of work at Agartala railway station shows that days are not so far when people of Tripura can travel long distances in BG trains and get connected to rest of the part of the country.