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Chugging to northeastern capitals: Railways on tough track
The Hindu
AUGUST 17, 2021
Deadlines are being extended for a combination of terrain, six months of sloth due to rainfall and localised unrest such the Assam-Mizoram border dispute
The story so far: On August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced from the ramparts of the Red Fort that the capitals of the northeastern States would soon be connected by railway. The revised target for completing the projects is 2026, which may not be realistic given the combination of tough terrain, weather-dictated slowdown and ethnic and political unrest.
How many States in the northeast are connected by rail?
The northeast comprises eight States. All barring Sikkim are connected by railway but only two State capitals are on the railway grid — Guwahati (the official Dispur is a small part of the city) in Assam and Agartala in Tripura. In the case of Arunachal Pradesh, the railway track terminates at Naharlagun, about 13 km short of capital Itanagar.
Nagaland’s commercial hub Dimapur is a major railway station 75 km downhill of capital Kohima by road while a track each terminates just between the Assam-Manipur, Assam-Meghalaya and Assam-Mizoram border.
Railway service in Manipur is up to Jiribam, about 200 km by road from capital Imphal.
Source
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/chugging-to-northeastern-capitals-railways-on-tough-track/article35957524.ece
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