Guwahati, August 25 (MExN): The Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh and Union Minister of State of Railways & Textiles, Darshana Jardosh today co-chaired a meeting to review the progress of the Jiribam - Imphal New Railway line project at Imphal.
During the review meeting it was decided to keep the momentum of work in full pace to meet the already set timeline in co-ordination with the state government, informed a press release from the Northeast Frontier Railway.
Despite the unfortunate landslide which happened near the railway project in Noney District and various other challenges, the entire Railway workforce has been working relentlessly to expedite the completion of the line, it said.
NF R General Manager, Anshul Gupta and other senior railway and State Government officials were also present the meeting, it added.
The Jiribam – Imphal project is at a stretch of 110 km length. The commissioning of the project has been planned in four phases. In phase – I the section from Jiribam to Vangaichungpao (12 km) has already been commissioned in March, 2017. The phase – II from Vangaichungpao to Khongsang (44 km) work has already been completed, phase – III and phase – IV from Khongsang to Tupul (29 km) and Tupul to Imphal (26 km) are targeted to be completed by March, 2023 and December, 2023 respectively.
The anticipated cost of the complete project is around Rs 14322 crore and in the current financial year Rs 1300 crore is planned to be invested, the release informed.
The project will cover all the major districts of Manipur viz Jiribam, Tamenglong, Noney, Kangpokpi, Imphal West and comprised of 11 major bridges and 129 minor bridges and will run via 11 stations .
