A proposal from the Railway ministry has been sent to the Railway Board for introducing trains connecting Mumbai. Union Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Patil Danve who held a meeting with the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) at State Guest House, Agartala on Thursday told media that the Agartala- Mumbai train service was being seriously considered.
The MoS railways also held a courtesy meet with Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and discussed various matters related to the rail network of the Northeast.
Deb extended gratitude to Danve for unprecedented development in Tripura and North Eastern Railways. He also discussed expediting the works of new railway lines for the state and Agartala-Akhaura Railway link.
On Thursday, he chaired a meeting with the NFR top officials including general manager Anshul Gupta, divisional railway manager J. S. Lakru, additional secretary to the Transport department, Tripura- Subrata Chowdhury, deputy secretary Maitrayee Debnath and others.
Speaking to the media, Danve, who took a review of the ongoing projects in various North Eastern states, said that all the projects would complete within the stipulated time. The review meeting would continue on Friday.
The Minister of State for Railways along with the officials of NFR would inspect the work progress of Agartala- Akhaura rail project on Friday.
