Maligaon, September 2 (MExN): The General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), Anshul Gupta held a meeting with the Members of Parliament (MPs) whose constituencies are served by Rangiya and Lumding divisions, at Guwahati on September 2.
Altogether ten MPs and three representatives of MPs were present at the meeting including MPs of Rajya Sabha, Bhubaneswar Kalita, Birendra Prasad Baishya, Rwngwra Narzary, Pabitra Margherita from Assam; from Meghalaya Dr Wanweiroy Kharlukhi; MPs of Lok Sabha Queen Oja (Guwahati), C Lalrosanga (Mizoram), Larho S Pfoze (Outer Manipur), Horen Singh Bey (Diphu), Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, (Inner Manipur), representative of Dilip Saikia (Mangaldoi), Representative of Kiren Rijiju, Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Law and Justice, Representative of Abdul Khaleque (Barpeta).
A press release received here stated that Rangiya, Divisional Railway Manager, VK Srivastava and Lumding, Divisional Railway Manager, JS Lakra along with senior railway officials of NF Railway Headquarters were also present.
The meeting was held to appraise the MPs about the developmental activities being carried out by the NFR and sought suggestions from all the public representatives present to further improve service of NFR.
NFR General Manager, Anshul Gupta informed that NFR currently has 6829 TKm of railway network; further additional 1242 TKm will be added to this network of which works are under progress. Gupta said that various connectivity works are going on for further improvement of rail connectivity to the state capitals in the North-eastern region.
He mentioned that NFR has given emphasis on faster adoption of PM Gati Shakti in NE states for handling of both outward and inward traffic so that rail, road and port get integrated. NFR expects to handle 65 million tonnes of traffic by the end of 2025 from 30 million tonnes handling presently.
The MPs suggested extension and improvement of railway connectivity, upgradation of stations, and preservation of old heritage stations etc. The GM noted the suggestions given by the MPs and assured to implement the same to the extent feasible.
