RAIL CONNECTIVITY ENHANCEMENT IN NORTH EASTERN STATES AGARTALA STATION BUILDING NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY (Construction Organization) OTHER GOALS Conversion of entire MG to BG in NE region. To provide faster connectivity to NE by doubling of railway line from New Jalpaiguri to Lumding. Working out long term strategic requirements of railway network and lay a road map. Avenues for international connectivity particularly to Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nepal. PRESENT STATUS Rail Connectivity to Capitals of NE States SN State Capitals Project Target Date Commissioning 1 Arunachal Naharlagu Harmuti - Pradesh n Naharlagun Commissioned (Itanagar) LMG - SCL GC Commissioned 2 Tripura Agartala Kumarghat- Commissioned Agartala 3 Manipur Imphal Jiribam - Imphal In Progress 4 Mizoram Aizawl Bhairabi - Sairang (Aizawl) In Progress 5 Nagaland Kohima Dimapur - Zubza (Kohima) In Progress Tetelia - In Progress Meghalay Byrnihat 6 Shillong a Byrnihat - Shillong In Progress* 7 Sikkim Gangtok Sivok - Rangpo In Progress** (Rangpo) Rail Connectivity to Capitals of NE States BYNIHAT – SHILLONG Progress of work affected due to obstructions from Khasi Student Union (KSU). NOC for land acquisition is not given so far by Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC). SEVOK - RANGPO Forest Clearance (WB) awaited from MoEF. GAUGE CONVERSION With more than 943 km of MG track converted into BG in last 4 years, there are no MG operation in entire NE region at present. DOUBLING As on 31.3.16, Double line existed only on 166 km on busy section of New Jalpaiguri to Lumding Work on 469 km is in progress and planned for commissioning in phases. 47.89 km was commissioned in 2017-18. DOUBLING SUMMARY OF ON GOING PROJECTS IN N. E. REGION Gauge Plan Head New Line Conversio Doubling Total n Projects in progress (Nos.) 18 5 7 30 Total anticipated Cost (Crore) 64012 14771 10349 89132 Expenditure as on 31.3.2018 24011 14102 496 38609 (Crore) Balance as on 1.04.2018 (Crore) 40000 668 9853 50521 Budget grant 4430 141 835 5406 in 2016-17 (Crore) National Projects (Nos.) 9 2 - 11 SUMMARY OF ALL ON GOING PROJECTS IN N.E. REGION Planning for commissioning up to Already Project No.of Total 2020-21 commissioned Head projects length (Nov’16) 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 NL 18 1355.80 339.46 192.20 152.89 184.15 GC 5 2197.00 2197.00 - - - DL 7 512.00 50.00 96.19 102.05 140.52 Total 30 4065 2587 288.39 254.89 324.67 EXPENDITURE ON 7000 N. E. REGION 6000 (NEW LINES, GAUGE CONVERSION & 5000 DOUBLING) 4000 3000 2000 . 1000 Crs 0 Rs. In Rs. 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 NL GC DL Year NL GC DL Total 2011-12 1015.92 939.11 17.93 1972.96 2012-13 1854.00 617.82 0.82 2472.64 2013-14 1936.00 1635.00 42.14 3613.14 2014-15 2058.00 2089.00 0.96 4147.96 2015-16 3415.00 1487.00 5.58 4907.58 2016-17 4734.00 1118.00 134.28 5986.28 2017-18 3403.00 68.00 116.83 3587.83 NL GC DL 600 COMMISSIONING 500 IN LAST 7 YEARS IN N. E. REGION 400 300 200 100 Km 0 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 - - - - - - - 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Year NL GC DL Total 2011-12 58.92 100.58 9.76 68.68 2012-13 0.00 0 0 0 2013-14 0.00 154.66 0 287.24 2014-15 41.75 172.00 10.3 152.99 2015-16 132.05 398.47 8.12 366.47 2016-17 172.00 294.90 17.62 438.10 2017-18 48.14 0 47.87 95.01 COMMISSIONING PLANNED IN NEXT 3 NL GC DL 350 YEARS IN N.E. REGION 300 250 140.52 96.19 200 102.05 150 100 192.29 184.15 50 152.84 Km 0 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 YEAR NL GC DL TOTAL 2018-19 192.20 0 96.19 288.39 2019-20 152.84 0 102.05 254.89 2020-21 184.15 0 140.52 324.67 MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS MAJOR PROJECTS COMMISSIONED IN LAST 4 YEARS IN N.E. REGION Plan Head Name of Project Length (Km) Year NL Dudhnoi – Mendipathar 19.75 NL Harmuti-Naharlagun 21.75 NL Kumarghat - Agartala 109.00 NL Agartala- Santirbajar of Agartala-Sabroom 65.83 GC Rangapar- Harmuti 142.76 GC North Lakhimpur - Murkongselek 153.77 Lumding - Badarpur - Silchar and Finger GC Lines (Assam, Manipur & Tripura) 420.90 (420.90 Km) GC Katakhal – Bhairabi 84.0 17 LAST 4 YEAR ACHIEVEMENTS OF N. F. RAILWAYS IN N. E. REGION 1. All states of NE 2. State capitals of Region except Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim brought on and Tripura BG network of connected to BG. Indian Railway. 3. Barak Valley of Assam connected to Major 4. Conversion of entire cities of the country MG network to BG through BG in N E Region connectivity. LAST 4 YEAR ACHIEVEMENTS OF N. F. RAILWAYS IN N. E. REGION 5. Average annual 6. Average annual expenditure commissioning of BG line in of last 4 years is 2.2 times N E Region in last 4 years IS the average annual 3.2 times the average annual expenditure of previous four commissioning in previous years. four years. 8. About 65 km of 7. All the 41 Girders out of tunneling completed in launched at Bogibeel Capital Connectivity / Bridge. Gauge Conversion Projects NAHARLAGUN-ITANAGAR NEW LINE PROJECT AC EXPRESS FLAGGED OFF FROM NAHARLAGUN TO NEW DELHI on 20.2.15 KATAKHAL-BAIRABI GC PROJECT FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN FROM SILCHAR TO BHAIRABI (Mizoram) FLAGGED OFF ON 27.5.16 FROM SHILLONG KUMARGHAT – AGARTALA NEW LINE PROJECT Ist BG TRAIN CONNECTING DELHI TO AGARTALA FLAGGED OFF ON 31.07.2016 BOGIBEEL RAIL CUM ROAD BRIDGE SUPER-STRUCTURE WORKS IN PROGRESS RAIL CUM ROAD BOGIBEEL BRIDGE PROJECT • Longest (4940 m) rail-cum-road bridge in India. • All welded steel girders with no riveting, used for the first time in India and maintenance free with reduction in weight by about 20%. • Designed by RITES India & Ramboll Denmark and proof checked by Anvikar, Germany. JIRIBAM – TUPUL – IMPHAL NEW LINE PROJECT N. F. railway is pioneer in tunneling with about 170 km tunneling against various sanctioned works in challenging geological conditions of NE region. JIRIBAM – TUPUL – IMPHAL NEW LINE PROJECT • Tunneling by State of Art NATM (New Austrian Tunneling Method) used world wide. • Cost Effective for hard rock as well as soft rock tunneling. • Flexible and Speedy Construction for all rock type. IMPROVED TUNNELING METHODOLOGY JIRIBAM-IMPHAL NEW LINE PROJECT WORLD’S TALLEST RAIL BRIDGE PIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION Br. No. 164 with Pier height of 141m will be the tallest girder rail bridge in the World. (Existing tallest bridge is 139m high, Mala-Rijeka viaduct in Montenegro, Europe) Montenegro Bridge (139m) Bridge No. 164 (141m ) VIEW OF- P1 &A1 (Br. No. 164,JIRIBAM-IMPHAL NEW LINE PROJECT) AGARTALA - SABROOM NEW LINE PROJECT Ground improvement in weak soil using Pre-fabricated Vertical Drain technique at Udaipur AGARTALA - SABROOM NEW LINE PROJECT Laying of Geo-grid and Blanketing DEPICTION OF LOCAL ARCHITECTURE & CULTURE WE ARE TRYING TO INCORPORATE LOCAL ART AND CULTURE IN OUR STATION BUILDING DESIGN AND OTHER STRUCTURES. STATIONS DEPICTING LOCAL ARCHITECTURE AGARTALA RAILWAY STATION AGARTALA STATION DURING NIGHT STATIONS PREMISES WITH LOCAL ART FORMS AGARTALA RAILWAY STATION STATIONS PREMISES WITH LOCAL ART FORMS AMBASSA STATION BUILDING STATIONS PREMISES WITH LOCAL ART FORMS JIRANIA STATION BUILDING FINAL LOCATION SURVEYS OF STRATEGIC LINES STRATEGIC LINES & STATUS OF FLS Total 3 Strategic lines are proposed in NF Railway. Approximate Cost S/NO LINE APPROX. LENGTH (KM) of FLS (Crs.) Misamari (Bhalukpong) – 378 100.73 1 Tenga-Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh ) 248 North Lakhimpur-Bame ( 51.30 2 Along) –Silapathar (32 Km in Assam & 216 Km in Arunachal Pradesh ) 227 Pasighat-Tezu- (26 Km in Assam & 201 Km in Arunachal 35.11 3 Parsuramkund- Rupai Pradesh) Strategic Lines STRATEGIC LINES & STATUS OF FLS Present Status Misamari (Bhalukpong) Tenga- North Lakhimpur-Bame ( Along) – Silapathar: Tawang: - Through very difficult hilly terrain - Through very difficult hilly terrain - Initial investigations completed - Initial investigations completed and TOR finalised. and TOR finalised - Agency under finalisation for - Detailed field investigations in detailed field investigations. progress. C. Pasighat-Tezu- Parsuramkund- Rupai : Project is relatively in easier terrain. Deatiled field survey is in progress. TDC - Dec’18 STRATEGIC LINES & STATUS OF FLS Regular coordination meetings are Cost of these surveys is being held with Eastern Command to borne by Ministry of defence. Rs incorporate the defence 47.18 Cr has been received from requirements. Eastern Command has already nominated co- MOD in August 2016 ordinating officers for each of the Survey. Government of Arunachal Pradesh has also nominated the coordinating officer for the survey. The state Government has been requested vide letter dated 26-09- 2016 to advise their requirement. OTHER SURVEYS SUMMARY OF ONGOING SURVEYS TYPE Ongoing Targets Surveys 2018-19 2019-20 New Line RET 12 11 1 PET - - - FLS 5 4 1 Doubling/ RET - - - rd 3 Line PET 6 6 - FLS - - - Quadrupling FLS 1 - 1 Total 24 21 3 2 FLS for doubling and 7 RECT/PET survey for new lines were completed in 2017-18 and reports submitted to Board. STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS CONNECTIVITY WITH BANGLADESH Rail connectivity with Bangladesh exists through- i) Sealdah and Dhaka through Gede ii) Old Malda and Rohanpur through Singhabad. iii) Radhikapur and Birol - restoration completed Additional connectivity is in progress – i) New line from Agartala to Akhaura ( 15 km ) sanctioned.