Multimodal transport hub to be developed in Tripuras Sabroom Union minister
Agartala Apr 22 PTI Union Minister Raosaheb Patil Danve on Friday announced that a multimodal transport hub will be developed in South Tripuras Sabroom which shares an international border with BangladeshThe proposed project will be developed under the PM Gaati Shakti scheme and will have rail road water and air connectivity at Sabroom which is only 70-km from Chittagong port in the neighbouring country he said The scheme aims at boosting economic growth through infrastructure buildingDanve the minister of state for railways made the announcement during his three-day visit to the northeastern state to review the progress of various projects of the national transporterThe Ministry of Railways has been working on setting up a multimodal transport hub at Sabroom and it will benefit Tripura immensely he told reporters hereHe visited the Agartala-Sabroom railway project site and Nishantapur yard and held a meeting with officialsThe proposed multimodal transport hub will reduce the travelling time between West Bengals Kolkata and Agartala drasticallyCurrently a truck from Kolkata takes around 38 hours to reach Agartala while it will be a 16-hour journey via Chittagong port if the new plan is executed the minister saidOnce the transport hub is ready it will be handed over to the Land Ports Authority of India for operation and maintenance he mentionedDanve stated that the Agartala-Akhaura railway project is expected to be completed by the end of December as the station work at Nischintapur in West Tripura district has almost been completedBesides work for the railway tracks has already been finished he saidAkhaura is an upazila subdivision of Brahmanbaria district in BangladeshResponding to a question over the slow pace of work on the Bangladesh side for the project the minister said It is not in our hands We can discuss the issue with the neighbour only We will complete the project within the stipulated time The Northeast Frontier Railway is also working on a plan to have alternative tracks to connect Lumding from Agartala and there will be a survey on whether separate tracks will be constructed or not he saidDuring this visit Danve also met Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and discussed various railway projects in the stateThe CM requested me to introduce a train to connect Agartala with Mumbai for the benefit of the people he added PTI PS BDC BDC
Agartala Apr 22 PTI Union Minister Raosaheb Patil Danve on Friday announced that a multimodal transport hub will be developed in South Tripuras Sabroom which shares an international border with BangladeshThe proposed project will be developed under the PM Gaati Shakti scheme and will have rail road water and air connectivity at Sabroom which is only 70-km from Chittagong port in the neighbouring country he said The scheme aims at boosting economic growth through infrastructure buildingDanve the minister of state for railways made the announcement during his three-day visit to the northeastern state to review the progress of various projects of the national transporterThe Ministry of Railways has been working on setting up a multimodal transport hub at Sabroom and it will benefit Tripura immensely he told reporters hereHe visited the Agartala-Sabroom railway project site and Nishantapur yard and held a meeting with officialsThe proposed multimodal transport hub will reduce the travelling time between West Bengals Kolkata and Agartala drasticallyCurrently a truck from Kolkata takes around 38 hours to reach Agartala while it will be a 16-hour journey via Chittagong port if the new plan is executed the minister saidOnce the transport hub is ready it will be handed over to the Land Ports Authority of India for operation and maintenance he mentionedDanve stated that the Agartala-Akhaura railway project is expected to be completed by the end of December as the station work at Nischintapur in West Tripura district has almost been completedBesides work for the railway tracks has already been finished he saidAkhaura is an upazila subdivision of Brahmanbaria district in BangladeshResponding to a question over the slow pace of work on the Bangladesh side for the project the minister said It is not in our hands We can discuss the issue with the neighbour only We will complete the project within the stipulated time The Northeast Frontier Railway is also working on a plan to have alternative tracks to connect Lumding from Agartala and there will be a survey on whether separate tracks will be constructed or not he saidDuring this visit Danve also met Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and discussed various railway projects in the stateThe CM requested me to introduce a train to connect Agartala with Mumbai for the benefit of the people he added PTI PS BDC BDC
