AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): As the days are passing by the hope for beginning of the BG express train service from Tripura by May now stands as a distant dream for the people of the state.

Although the authority claims that there are possibilities to run train by the end of this month’s but the latest trends of work at Agartala railway station shows that there are hardly any chances to toll train by end of May.

A pair of passenger train is continuously rolling its wheel between Silchar and Agartala and these particular trains are expected to run regularly.

Talking to TIWN correspondent, NFR construction official said that recently the BG Passenger train is running smoothly but nothing can be said when the express will train begin its journey.  Much speculated BG train services from Agartala will be delayed by at least few months even though rumours have spreaded that BG railway trains to Rajdhani Express will start operation by May but in reality it is a distant dream.  It is to be mentioned here that due to poor quality works mainly because of substandard materials used during construction platforms in Agartala and Dharmanagar stations have been badly damaged by the early rains.

It is absolutely clear that Modi Gov't is keen to connect the entire North-East with the rest of India by BG rail link. But unless the public amenities are available in all possible stations especially in Tripura, NFR can't start train services.

However, 2016 has created a history for Tripura. The broad gauge will help boost our economy and overall development and after years of political mind game the people of Tripura have got their first BG train in the state. 

Reportedly, The British took just eight years to lay the metre gauge. But due to politics and lacklustre attitude of Manik ruled state government, it took years to change the metre gauge into Broad-gauge. It is only because of the focus of the central government that today Tripura has made its entry to the railway map of the nation. 

Adding another milestone in the history of Tripura, the land-locked state has finally made its entry in the BG railway map of the country. 

Agartala will find a place in the railway map. Earlier in the first phase, 220-km-long gauge conversion was completed on the Lumding-Silchar route. In the second phase, the long Badarpur-Agartala section is converted.

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 and the trial run will also carried out smoothly.