AGARTALA, Aug 12 (TIWN): IOCL official on Friday marked the inauguration of the first RoRo train service from Churaibari railway station with petrol and gas bullets which is launched in Tripura on a trial run to end the acute crisis of petrol in the state. It is to be mentioned here that the train is launched on a trial run in the state. With total of 21 tankers including 19 petrol tankers and 2 gas bullets entered the state to meet an end to the acute crisis of petrol in the state. However the inauguration was marked in presence of senior Division engineer JP Nigam, Area Manager Badarpur NK singh, IOC Depo Manager Dharmanagar Abitabha Chowdhury, Director Food P Basu, E Director Dipankar Roy and others. Fulfilling the promise made by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu at Agartala on 1 st August to help the state of Tripura mitigate the fuel crisis, the Northeast Frontier Railway has started a Roll On Roll Off (RoRo) service to carry trucks loaded with fuel on flat-wagon goods train for Tripura. The road connecting Tripura with Assam had been in very poor shape creating serious bottleneck in transportation of commodities including fuel into Tripura. This had resulted in serious fuel crisis in Tripura. The RoRo scheme introduced by the Railways will help the loaded trucks to piggyback on goods train to bypass the damaged national highway near Churaibari. This will bring much relief to the common man in Tripura.

The RoRo service, first introduced in Konkan Railway in 1999, is being introduced in N. F. Railway for the first time.Although military movement have been done in the past on flat wagons, this is for the first time that commercial goods movement is being done by RoRo mode.

To help the state of Tripura mitigate the fuel crisis, the Northeast Frontier Railway will start a Roll On Roll Off (RoRo) service to carry trucks loaded with fuel on flat-wagon goods train in Tripura.

In the first lot 30 DBKM (flat bedded) wagons with each having a capacity to carry two loaded trucks was placed at Bhanga, as the source informed.

Fuel tanker trucks will be loaded on these by means of end-loading ramp.The tankers will be securely fixed on the wagon floor to ensure safety during movement. The first such goods train left Bhanga near Badarpur at 4pm to reach Churaibari in Tripura 44 km away.

However from Churraebari the train will enter Dharmanagar for sale tax formality.

It can be expected that with the commencement of regular fuel dispatch service by train, Tripura will get relief from the acute crisis of petrol and gas crisis in the state.