Indian Railways Connectivity Boost in Tripura! Survey Completed for Second Indo-Bangladesh Railway

The survey for several Indian Railways projects in the northeastern state of Tripura, including the second Indo-Bangla rail link through Belonia Subdivision in South Tripura District, has been completed by officials. The Transport Minister of Tripura Pranajit Singha Roy informed the State Assembly that the Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw is expected to visit the northeastern state on March 25 to inspect the ongoing projects. In addition, some new projects could be launched by the Union Minister of Railways during his visit to the state, an ANI report said. While answering the question, on June 4, 2020, Roy had said that Tripura State Government had sent a proposal to ‘North East Region Vision 2035’ to convert the existing single-line tracks into double lines to improve the connection of Indian Railways and improve the number of passenger and freight trains.

The Transport Minister said regarding new projects in the pipeline that the examination of three new rail projects which consists of 30 km long Belonia (India)-Feni (Bangladesh), Dharmanagar (North district)-Pancharathal (North district) ) and Kailashahar (Unakoti district) track is completed. In addition, another rail project is underway to connect Dharmanagar with Belonia, which will connect Unakoti, Dhalai, Khowai and certain parts of the West Tripura district.

The Transport Minister told the house that the research work for these railway projects has been completed and on January 21, 2022, CM Biplab Kumar Deb made a special request to the Minister of Railways to include the following railway projects in the railway budget and provide the necessary financial assistance. Apart from that, he said construction works for the Nischintapur Railway Yard, which will connect Tripura state with Akhaura in Bangladesh, are nearing completion. Nearly 98% of the work has been completed and 75% of the work for Sabroom Railway Yard has also been completed, he said.

According to the ministers, all these ambitious rail projects are expected to be completed next financial year. Construction of the 12.30 km Agartala-Akhaura rail link in Bangladesh will be completed shortly, with the aim of increasing the number of passenger and freight trains between the two locations. Both the Ministry of Doner and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the national government have offered all kinds of help to complete the project quickly.