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GUWAHATI: Aiming to take railway services in the region to new heights, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has planned to bring trains to Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang.
Tawang is located at a height of 10,000 feet on the border with China. Survey work for the project will start next year.
NFR general manager (construction), H K Jaggi, said three strategic lines connecting Bhalukpung to Tawang, Murkongselek (Assam) to Pasighat in Arunachal and Silapathar (Assam) to Bane in Arunachal were in the pipeline.
The estimated cost of the project is Rs 50,000 crore to Rs 70,000 crore. Jaggi said the Bhalukpung-Tawang line would be the most challenging as it would pass through terrain with altitudes ranging from 500 feet to 9,000 feet.
"It may not follow the same route as the existing road. For example, the highest point on the way to Tawang is Sela (13,700 feet). The survey will find out ways of building tracks by avoiding high-altitude zones," he said.
Naharlagun, 10km from Itanagar, was the first in Arunachal to get rail connectivity in 2014. Junior rail minister Rajen Gohain said the budget had sanctioned a survey to check feasibility of connectivity for river island Majuli. He said a 100km line would connect Majuli's Kamalabari and Garmur with Dhakukhana via Jorhat to Gogamukh.
If I were there in planning team of IR, instead of choosing from Bhalukpong to Tawang, I'd have followed a much longer route from Rangia to Tawang via Bhutan. That way we could have also connected with another country. But nevertheless its a bold decision even to think something like this and it would be a dream come true to make it materialize.Railways aims for new heights with train to Tawang at 10,000 feet
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Tawang is located at a height of 10,000 feet on the border with China
- Northeast Frontier Railway has planned to bring trains to Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang
- Survey work for the project will start next year
Port Blair: Andaman and Nicobar Islands all set to get its first railway track.
According to media reports, the Ministry of Railways will soon give its nod to build a 240-kilometre broad gauge railway track between Port Blair and Diglipur, which lies in the north of the Andaman island.
At present the two towns are linked by a 350-km bus service that takes over 14 hours. The other mode of transport is ship that takes around 24 hours.
The proposed railway line will not only improve the tourism sector, but will also be of immense strategic value.
The cost to build the railway track will be 2,413.68 crore and notably the Union Territory administration has agreed to share 50 percent of the cost.
Port Blair is the only place which hosts India’s first and only tri-service command. The Army, Navy, and Air Force serve under a unified command here.
In its effort to provide better connectivity to bordering areas of the northeastern region, the central government has proposed railway lines to Tawang, Bamey and Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is going to undertake three surveys for laying railway tracks connecting Bhalukpong to Tawang, Silapathar-North Lakhimpur-Bamey and between Murkongselek-Rupai-Pasighat.
“The proposed railway line between Bhalukpong to Tawang will also be one of the highest elevation in the country — 9,000 feet,” he said.
GUWAHATI: The Railways has sanctioned projects worth Rs 13,500 crore for the North East in this year's budget, Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said today.
"Railway ministry has big plans for the North East. Several new projects amounting to about Rs 13,500 crore have been sanctioned in this year's budget including new lines, bridges and an elevated rail tract project from Kamakhya to New Guwahati at a cost of Rs 3,062 crore", Gohain said on the second day of the infrastructure development conference ConMac here.
These steps would not only help to boost the infrastructure of this region but also generate employment for the youth through several spin-off industries, he said.
A bottled drinking water plant under the Rail Neer brand at Jagiroad in Assam and a high-end North East Safari Train was being envisaged, the minister added.
North East Council (NEC) member C K Das highlighted the infrastructural gaps in the region as compared to other regions of the country and spoke about the initiative of NEC for infrastructure development in the region.
North East Frontier Railway has identified the critical projects in the region and the progress over the last few years has been satisfactory, NF Railway's General Manager (Construction) H K Jaggi said.
Border Roads Organization's Additional Director General S S Porwal said that with six months project implementation window in the region, an efficient management system would result in high level of performance and greater confidence in the reliability of results.
The Conference has been organised in partnership with Indian Construction Equipment's Manufacturers' Association (ICEMA).
Indian Railways has launched a project called Train-2018 under which it will manufacture trainsets that can run at a maximum speed of 160 kmph.
A trainset is basically a group of coupled coaches (rake) that are individually powered by a propulsion system without a separate locomotive (think Delhi Metro).
The first trainset is expected to be ready by March next year and will be put for service in Delhi-Lucknow or Delhi-Chandigarh corridor.
On a pilot basis, the Railways will manufacture two trainsets at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) near Chennai.
Train-2018 is aimed at offering comfort and pace to passengers. The project will roll out semi-high speed, 16-coach trainsets with quicker acceleration and world-class passenger amenities.
These trainsets will have automatic plug type doors that will open and close at stations, wide windows for panoramic view, and ergonomically designed seating.
The trainsets will be manufactured in collaboration with foreign players on transfer of technology basis, for which the ICF has floated a fresh global tender.
Equipped with bio-toilets, all coaches in the fully AC trainset will be inter-connected so that passengers can move from one coach to other with ease.
All coaches of a trainset will be provided with onboard Wi-Fi, infotainment and GPS-based passenger information system (PIS) which will keep the passengers informed about the travel status. The train will have plush interiors and diffused LED lighting.
Train-2018 will be equipped with improved mechanical couplers and modern coaches with fully suspended traction motors, pneumatic secondary suspension and anti-roll bar.
Ludhiana, March 18: How would you react, if a judge hearing a case gives a train, belonging to the Indian Railways, to the petitioner as compensation? Baffled? Laughing?
In lieu of his agricultural land, which the railways took to build the Ludhiana-Chandigarh railway line, Singh approached the court for an enhanced compensation. Initially, the railways agreed to pay Rs 25 lakh an acre to Singh. However, the court enhanced the compensation from 25 lakh an acre to Rs 50 lakh. Thus, Singh was entitled to Rs 1.47 crore.
But the railways paid only Rs 42 lakh. On Wednesday, as the railways did not clear the entire compensation, the court awarded Swarna Shatabdi Express train -- a property of the railways-- that runs between Amritsar and New Delhi to Singh.
"The court of additional district and sessions judge Jaspal Verma attached the train (number 12030) at the Ludhiana station - technically giving it to the aggrieved farmer - as the Northern Railways failed to comply with the court's order of 2015 to provide enhanced compensation of Rs 1.05 crore to him. It also ordered attachment of the office of the station master," reported Hindustan Times.
What followed after the verdict is more hilarious. Singh and his lawyer Rakesh Gandhi took the court order to Ludhiana railway station where they waited for the train to arrive before handing the document to the driver.
The officials of the station later secured an interim court order giving them control of the train until the case is heard again on Saturday. "If they fail to pay the money by Saturday then the court can sanction an auction," Gandhi said of the 20-coach express train.
OneIndia NewsThe case of handing over a train to an aggrieved farmer by a court is nothing new in India. In fact, several courts in the past have unsuccessfully awarded trains to aggrieved farmers over unpaid dues by the railways.