India is very keen to develop the of its north-eastern region and it is going that extra mile to fulfil it. To enhance the rail connectivity and Infrastructure Development in the North-eastern region of India, as many as 59 RAILWAY stations would be developed with world class facilities, Indias Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated recently. Vaishnaw informed that 15 stations each in all divisions of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) are to be developed under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
In the Union Budget 2023-24 presented by Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament last week allotted 2.4k lakh crore for the Development Of Railway infrastructure in the country. Indian Railways (IR) is on a mission to connect the northeast with the rest of the country, and keeping this as a priority Bairabi-Sairang Rail Line Project (51.38 km) is about to get completed.