EMN
DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 22
Two railway lines are coming up in Nagaland. Works are expected to begin from November. One of the projects would connect Dimapur with Zubza while another connect the commercial hub with Tizit.
As a consequence of the meeting between Chief Minister, TR Zeliang and the Union Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhu during the former’s visit to Delhi in the second week of September, the Chief Engineer (construction) North East Frontier Railway, Malegaon, Anil Kumar came calling at the Chief Minster’s residential office in Kohima today.
According to a CMO press release the Chief Engineer apprised Zeliang of the progress of the two railway line projects in the state, namely Dimapur-Zubza rail line and Dimapur-Tizit rail line.
“During the discussion it was decided that works on the first phase of the Dimapur- Zubza rail project, from Rangapahar to Sukhovi section may be started in the first week of November, 2015, and a formal laying of the foundation of the project may be held at Sukhovi.”
It was also informed by the Chief Engineer that the formal sanction for the required investment of over Rs 4000 crores for Dimapur-Tizit line is yet to be given by the government of India, the statement said.
“The Chief Minister of Nagaland also reiterated his long pending demand for revival of the Dhansari to Karong rail project, the foundation stone for which was laid at Karong by Nitish Kumar, the then Union Railway Minster in the year 1997. The Chief Minister strongly felt that this line will promise the best railway alignment for onward connectivity to Imphal-Morah and South East Asia in the context of the Act East Policy of the central government,” it read.
The Chief Engineer promised to dig up all relevant records about this abandoned project, and supply them to the government of Nagaland for taking up with the Railway Ministry at the Center, the CMO release stated.
