Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has been provided a gross budgetary allocation of ₹6549 crore of which ₹2597 crore has been granted for construction of new BG lines. In fact, the budget has put adequate stress on asset maintenance for ensuring safety with ₹490 crore, ₹103.16 crore for road safety works like road over and under bridge works and improvement of level crossing, and ₹37.24 crore for works related to improvement of signal and telecommunication. Chief Public Relations Officer, Subhanan Chanda, said that for undertaking passenger amenities and related works, they have been allocated ₹144.60 crore. In the Budget, some of the important new line projects where funds have been allocated are as follows: ₹800.00 crore for Jiribam-Imphal new railway line project (97.9 km); ₹100.00 crore for Teteliya- Byrnihat new BG railway line project (21.5 km); ₹300.00 crore for Dimapur- Kohima new railway line project (88 km); ₹400.00 crore for BhairabiSairang new BG railway line project (51.38 km) in Mizoram. These aside; among others, ₹607.00 crore have been allocated for setting up SivokRangpo new BG railway line project (44.39 km) which will provide first rail connectivity to Sikkim; ₹200.00 crore for the Murkongselek- Pasighat new BG railway line project (30.617 km); ₹100.00 crore proposed for the Agartala- Akhaura (Bangladesh) new BG railway line project (13 km) which will provide international connectivity between India and Bangladesh.
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07 February 2020
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