Indian Railways has recently sanctioned the Final Location Survey (FLS) for 14 new railway connectivity routes including Proposed Belonia – Feni – Chottogram and Gede – Darsana – Ishwardi – Tongi – Bhairab Bazar – Akhaura – Agartala routes.
In a press release NFR Chief PRO Sabyasachi De said, “The total length of the Final Location Survey sanctioned is 1275.50 km.
The total length of Final Location Survey for New Railway Lines connecting Bangladesh is 861 km, and with Nepal is 202.5 km. The proposed alternate routes towards Northeast will be of 212 km length”.
One of the sanctioned routes for FLS of Rail connectivity between India and Bangladesh is the proposed Belonia – Feni – Chottogram route. This will be of 131 km length out of which 38 km will be new railway line and 93 km will be gauge conversion.
Another one is Gede – Darsana – Ishwardi – Tongi – Bhairab Bazar – Akhaura – Agartala route which will consist of 100 km gauge conversion.
Other routes are Balurghat – Hili – Parbatipur – Kaunia – Lalmanirhat – Mogalhat – Gitaldaha section. This will be of 32 km out of which 14 km will be new railway line and 18 km will be gauge conversion.
Proposed Balurghat – Gitaldaha – Bamanhat – Sonahat – Golakganj – Dhubri section will be of 56 km length, out of which 38 km will be new railway line and 18 km will be gauge conversion.
Balurghat – Hili– Gaibandha – Mahendraganj – Tura – Mendipathar section will consist of 250 km new railway line construction.
Proposed Mangurjan – Pirganj – Thakurgaon – Panchgarh – Haldibari route will consist of 60 km new railway line construction. Proposed Dalkhola – Pirganj – Thakurgaon – Panchgarh – Haldibari section will be of 80 km new railway line.
Proposed Radhikapur – Birol – Parbatipur – Kaunia – Gitaldaha section will be of 32 km length, out of which 14 km will be new railway line and 18 km will be gauge conversion.
(Tripura, Tripura News)
