NFR speeds up doubling of 102-km Digaru-Hojai rail line
The Northeast Frontier Railway has fast-tracked work of the doubling of the Digaru-Hojai section of the Guwahati-Lumding section of the railway line. The project is destined to be commissioned by the end of next year. The completion of the 102-km long Digaru-Hojai segment will make the railway route in the region double-tracked and facilitate the movement of more freight trains. The doubling of the Digaru-Hojai segment is being undertaken under the NFR. With the completion of the project, states like Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam and Nagaland will be connected with more freight trains, which will boost economic activities and help accelerate the economic growth of the region. It is worth mentioning here that the central government had announced the target of doubling the Digaru-Hojai segment in its budget document of the year 2015-16 and a few months later, the central government had laid the foundation stone for the project. The Digaru-Hojai segment is part of the Guwahati-Lumding section and has increased connectivity with Assam‘s largest city Guwahati. About 50 km of track-line of the project has been commissioned in the fiscal 2020-21 and the remaining is to be accomplished within the current fiscal.
