GUWAHATI: Northeast Frontier Railway (
NFR
) general manager
Anshul Gupta on Thursday said the gross railway budget allocation for northeastern states for 2022-23 is Rs 11,428.86 crore, which is 44% more than previous year’s allotment and 370% more than the average of 2009-14 allotment.
The GM said adequate funds have been allotted for capital connectivity to northeastern states, faster connectivity on NE region by doubling of high density network (
HDN
) sections along with electrification of entire network for seamless connectivity.
Gupta said electrification of track is completed up to Guwahati. “As per policy of the Indian Railways, work for 100% electrification of NFR routes is also going on. This policy of 100% electrification will give a boost to the economy of northeastern states and bring NF Railway on a par with other electrified railway,” he said.
He said work for electrification is going on in 210 RKM section in NFR which is likely to be completed by March 2022. The deadine to complete the work in remaining 3216 RKM is March 2024.
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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