The mission could have a complete 55 main bridges and 87 minor bridges. (Representational)
Aizawl:
Mizoram’s Aizawl would be the fourth capital metropolis within the Northeast to return below railway hyperlink inside the subsequent 9 months because the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is laying the brand new 51.38 km Broad Gauge observe as much as Sairang, prime officers mentioned on Sunday.
A senior Mizoram authorities official mentioned that NFR Normal Supervisor Arun Kumar Chaudhary, throughout a gathering with state Chief Minister Lalduhoma, knowledgeable that the 51.38 km new line between Bhairabi (close to Assam’s Hailakandi District) and Sairang (close to Aizawl) anticipated to be accomplished by July subsequent yr.
The Rs 8,213.72 crore Bairabi-Sairang railway mission is now in superior stage, a senior NFR official mentioned.
Assam’s primary metropolis of Guwahati (adjoining capital Dispur), Tripura’s capital Agartala, and Arunachal Pradesh’s Naharlagun (adjoining to capital metropolis Itanagar) are already on the railway community since a few years.
NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma mentioned that the entire Bairabi-Sairang mission, as soon as accomplished, could be a game-changer enterprise by way of communication and commerce for the folks of Mizoram.
The financial and environment-friendly railway providers would have a constructive impression on nearly all growth works within the state, he mentioned.
“Over 93 per cent of the bodily works of the Bairabi-Sairang railway mission are full. There are 4 stations within the 51.38 km route — Hortoki, Kawnpui, Mualkhang, and Sairang,” the CPRO instructed IANS.
The Bairabi and Sairang railway mission is split into 4 sections — Bairabi-Hortoki, Hortoki-Kawnpui, Kawnpui-Mualkhang, and Mualkhang-Sairang.
Sharma mentioned that Bhairabi-Hortoki part, which is 17.38 km lengthy, has been accomplished and was commissioned in July, and practice service is operational from August.
The railway mission entails 48 tunnels in robust terrains. Of the overall size of 12,853 metres tunnels, 12, 807 metres tunneling works have already been accomplished.
The mission could have a complete 55 main bridges and 87 minor bridges.
The work of building of the tallest pier of the mission within the strategy of Sairang station has additionally been accomplished.
The peak of this pier is 104 meters — 42 meters taller than the Qutub Minar.
The mission additionally contains 5 Highway Over Bridges and 6 Highway Underneath Bridges.
The NFR spokesman mentioned that there are numerous challenges within the execution of this mission like very much less working seasons as a result of very heavy and extended (greater than 5 months) monsoons, very robust and mountainous terrain by deep forests, poor accessibility, non-availability of building supplies and expert employees in Mizoram.
Nevertheless, the NFR is making all-out efforts for fulfilling its dedication in direction of early completion of the mission, Sharma mentioned.
The senior Mizoram authorities official mentioned that the Bairabi-Sairang railway mission being a ‘Nationwide Undertaking’ of significance, as soon as accomplished, wouldn’t simply be an asset for Mizoram however could be an financial asset for the nation.
He mentioned that the brand new railway line from Bairabi to Sairang was permitted by the Union authorities in 2008-2009 at an preliminary value of Rs 2,384.34 crore as a nationwide mission.
Work on the mission commenced in 2015.
In a setback, a minimum of 24 employees, principally from West Bengal, had been killed and a number of other injured after an under-construction railway bridge of the Bairabi-Sairang railway mission collapsed on August 23 final yr.
The railway bridge was below building over the Kurung river.
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