My mission for the Northeast is transformation by transportation

--- Na re nd ra Mo d i in N a ga l a nd February 22, 2018

1 THE NORTH EAST SCENARIO An unprecedented increase in ϐ‹ƒ ‹ƒŽƒŽŽ‘ ƒ–‹‘ˆ‘”‘”–Šƒ•–‡” †‹ƒ      ͳ͸ͷΨ  

7000 6000 5000 5,643 165% 4000 ˜‡”ƒ‰‡ Budget 3000 ŽŽ‘ ƒ–‹‘ in ` ”‘”‡ 2000

1000 2,122 0 2009-14 2014-19 ‹‰ŠŽ‹‰Š–•ǣ h 43 Railway projects under progress h 25 new lines under construction h 11 national projects h The total expenditure would be ` 98,000 crore h 5,158 kms of new broad gauge railway lines to be added h 3,138 kms of new broad gauge lines already commissioned h Divyangjan toilets provided in 246 stations h 5 nos of Lifts & 4 nos of Escalators have been provided in three stations h Silghat has become 1st–”ƒ‹–‡”‹ƒŽ‹–Š‡—Ž–‹Ǧ‘†ƒŽ–”ƒ•’‘”–Š—„ ‘ˆ‡–”ƒŽ••ƒ h Mechanized cleaning started in 179 stations h A total 27 nos of Manned and 59 nos of Unmanned Level Crossing eliminated ƒ‹‰Ǥ Ǥƒ‹Ž™ƒ›ƒ‡†‡˜‡Ž”‘••‹‰ ”‡‡ h 169 nos of Road Under Bridges/Subways and 70 nos of Road Over Bridges constructed till 30-06-2019 ‡›‡‡ϐ‹–• Ȉ All state capitals of the Northeast to be connected with broad gauge lines Ȉ Socio-economic landscape to be transformed Ȉ Large number of jobs created for gainful employment of locals

It may be noted that the budgets allocated to various projects are ‘–ƒ’’‘”–‹‘‡†–ƒ–‡™‹•‡„—–”‡ϐŽ‡ ––Š‡ ‘•–‘ˆ–Š‡’”‘Œ‡ –

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‘”‡”‹‹•–‡”‘ˆƒ‹Ž™ƒ›Š”‹—”‡•Š”ƒ„Š—ϔŽƒ‰‰‡†‘ˆˆ Agartala-Anand Vihar Tripura Sundari Express on 31st July 2016 On 31st July 2016, Tripura entered the Broad Gauge railway Map of India after ™ƒ‹–‹‰ˆ‘”†‡ ƒ†‡•Ǥ ‘”‡”‹‹•–‡”‘ˆƒ‹Ž™ƒ›•Š”‹—”‡•Š”ƒ„Š—ϐŽƒ‰‰‡†‘ˆˆ Agartala-Anand Vihar Tripura Sundari Express. h Badarpur – Karimganj – Agartala (233 kms) Gauge Conversion completed on 31.07.2016 h Agartala - Udaipur (42 kms) new Broad Gauge line completed and opened ˆ‘”–”ƒˆϐ‹ ™Ǥ‡ǤˆǤͳͶǤͲ͵ǤʹͲͳ͹ h Udaipur - Garjee (10 kms) new Broad Gauge line completed and opened for –”ƒˆϐ‹ ™Ǥ‡ǤˆǤͲͷǤͲͳǤʹͲͳͺ h Belonia-Sabroom (38.8 kms) New Line completed in July 2019. CRS clearance awaited ‰‘‹‰‘”• h Construction of new broad gauge line from Agartala to Sabroom (112 kms) at a cost of ` 3,451 crore h Agartala - Akhaura new line (15 kms) for connectivity with Bangladesh at a cost of ` 968 crore h Survey for new line from Pencharthal to Dharmanagar via Kailashahar (45 kms) is going on h Survey for new line from Dharmanagar to Pencharthal, Belonia via Kamalpur - Khowai to Agartala (170 kms) is going on h Survey for Belonia – Chittagong (125 kms) to connect with Bangladesh railway ƒ ‹Ž‹–‹‡•ˆ‘”‹ˆˆ‡”‡–Ž›ƒ„Ž‡† h 15 nos of toilets provided for Divyangjan ‘ —•‘ƒˆ‡–› h 5 nos of Unmanned Level Crossings eliminated

100% LED lighting provided in 20 nos. of stations

3 ‡›‡‡ϐ‹–• Ȉ Rail network to connect all important towns of Tripura Ȉ Socio economic development to be fast tracked with better connectivity Ȉ Connection with Bangladesh to further boost commerce and push the “Act East Policy’’ of Government of India ‡™”ƒ‹•‡”˜‹ ‡• –”‘†— ‡† SN ”ƒ‹‘Ǥ ™Ǥ‡ǤˆǤ 1 14019/14020 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal Express 31.07.2016 2 55675/55676 Agartala - Dharmanagar Passenger 07.10.2016 3 ͷͷ͸͹͹Ȁͷͷ͸͹ͺŠƒ”ƒƒ‰ƒ”Ǧ‹Ž Šƒ”ƒ••‡‰‡” 07.10.2016 4 ͷͷ͸͹ͻȀͷͷ͸ͺͲ‰ƒ”–ƒŽƒǦŠƒ”ƒƒ‰ƒ”ƒ••‡‰‡” 07.10.2016 5 55663/55664 Agartala – Silchar Passenger 07.10.2016 6 15659/15660 Sealdah – Agartala Kanchanjungha Express ͲͺǤͳͲǤʹͲͳ͸ 7 20501/20502 Agartala - Ananda Vihar Rajdhani Express ʹͺǤͳͲǤʹͲͳ͹ ͺ 15660/15659 Sealdah – Guwahati Kanchanjungha Express ͲͺǤͳͲǤʹͲͳ͸ 9 ͷͷ͸ͺͳȀͷͷ͸ͺʹ‰ƒ”–ƒŽƒǦ ƒ”Œ‡‡ƒ••‡‰‡” 24.01.2017 10 ͷͷ͸ͺͶȀͷͷ͸ͺ͵‰ƒ”–ƒŽƒǦ†ƒ‹’—”ƒ••‡‰‡” 24.01.2017 11 12503/12504 Agartala – Bangalore Cantt. Humsafar Express ͲͷǤͲͳǤʹͲͳͺ Second service of 12503/12504 Agartala – Bangalore Cantt. 12 Humsafar Express ʹʹǤͲͷǤʹͲͳͺ 13 15625/15626 Agartala – Deoghar Weekly Express Ͳ͸ǤͲ͹ǤʹͲͳͺ —•Š‘™ƒ”†•‘‹‰‹–ƒŽ †‹ƒ h High speed Wi-Fi provided at 7 stations- Teliamura, Jirania, Udaipur, Kumarghat, Agartala, Dharmanagar and Panisagar stations h Point of Sale (POS) Machines provided at Agartala, Kumarghat and Dharmanagar h Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) provided at Bishalgarh, Bishramganj and Udaipur h 7 New Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and Station Ticket Booking Agent (STBA) provided ƒ‹Ž™ƒ›–‘–Š‡”‡• —‡ǣ When severe landslides had cut off road connectivity to Tripura in the month of July-August, 2016, shortage of fuel supply by road, caused severe crisis in the state. Responding to the request of State Government, Railways stepped in to ”—–Š‡ϐ‹”•–‡˜‡”‘ŽŽ‘Ǧ‘ŽŽ‘ˆˆ•‡”˜‹ ‡ˆ‘”‡–”‘Ž‡—ǡ‹ŽƬ—„”‹ ƒ–ȋȌ laden truck between Bhanga (Assam) & Churaibari (Tripura). This helped to bring cheer to the people.

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