North Frontier Railway expedites rail project in Tawang

Rail project in Tawang
The Arunachal Pradesh government has fast tracked the groundwork for the construction of the 200-km long rail line at Tawang district, bordering China. The State Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar directed the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Tawang to take on board the villagers for a Final Location Survey of the 200 km- long railway line from Bhalukpong, on Assam border, in West Kameng district to Tawang. The chief secretary said that since the railway line is of strategic importance for the nation, it should be on a technically feasible site and at the same time villagers should also offer land voluntarily. Tawang DC Sang Phuntsok informed Kumar that the proposed railway route and the site of the station falls on the land of five villages – Shernup, Jamkhar, Ruikhar, Bekhar, and Boksar and that the route also passes through the Tsoh-Manja-Chhenmo lake, considered sacred by locals.

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