Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dimapur Dr Tinojongshi Chang disclosed that work for upgrading Dimapur railway station to a world class railway station would commence by March this year.
Speaking to Nagaland Post, the DC informed a meeting in this regard was held under the chairmanship of Transport secretary Robert Longchar with Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials and civil society organisations (CSOs) at the railway station here Wednesday.
He disclosed that NFR officials assured that work on transforming the railway station would begin in March.
Also on the vexed issue of land encroachment, it was learnt that the NFR officials would submit the list of identified encroached lands to the state government for necessary action. The DC also informed that a decision was made to have such coordination meetings undertaken regularly.
It may be mentioned that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 6, 2023 laid the foundation stone virtually for developing Dimapur railway station into a world class station at an estimated cost of Rs 283 crore.
Dimapur was selected for redevelopment under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme as the second highest revenue earner for Northeast Frontier Railway.