Indian Railways said most of the capitals of North Eastern states will have railway connection by 2020, the The Economic Times reports. “All capital cities of North East states, including Sikkim, will be under Indian Railways map by 2020. The railway department has started ‘Mission 2020’ and it will implement it very strictly within the stipulated timeframe,” Northeast Frontier Railway General Manager Rajesh Kumar Singh said.
Talking about individual time limits, he informed that Agartala will be under broad gauge connection by March 2016.
“By the next year we will have railway connection upto Tupul in Manipur. Within March 31, 2018, broad gauge line will start up to Sairang, near Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram,” Singh said.
The work for setting up of a new line from Tupul to Imphal will be finished by 2019, he added.
“By March 31, 2020, railway lines will be up to Shillong in Meghalaya and Rangpo in Sikkim,” he said.
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