Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) general manager Chetan Kumar Shrivastava called on chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday to chalk out areas of concern related to the smooth and easy execution of various railway projects in the state.
In a press release, NFR chief public relations officer Sabyasachi De said that Shrivastava assured Rio that the railway connectivity in the ongoing Dhansiri-Zubza new line project till Molvom and Pherima would be achieved by September 2024, while a goods yard at Molvom along with rail infrastructure in the state would be developed as per the requirement of the state.
The chief minister also accepted NFR’s request to set up a High-Level Committee (HLC) in the state to sort out the issues pertaining to railways. The committee would now be sitting on a quarterly basis.
NFR said it also aimed to redefine the railway infrastructure in the region and provide a direct rail connectivity between Kohima and Imphal, apart from the Kohima connectivity project, which was slated to be commissioned by 2026.
While the reconnaissance engineering-cum-traffic survey for Zubza-Imphal new line had been completed, the NFR was now in a stage to start the final location survey shortly for this new line, contract for which was already in place.
The NFR had in 2022 opened the Shokhuvi railway station, the second railway station in the state after Dimapur, after a gap of more than 100 years.
The railways was executing several new railway line connectivity projects in the Northeast, and construction of new railway lines to connect all the state capitals of the region with rest of the nation was being undertaken as top priority projects.