Arunachal Pradesh witnessed the first trial run of a rail engine on 15
January 2014. The first trial run was of 20-km
from Harmutty in Lakhimpur district of Assam to the Arunachal Pradesh capital
Itanagar.
The ambitious railway line project is
estimated to cost 372 crore rupees.
The State government would put a mechanism in
place for checking the inner line permit (ILP) of the passengers. The ILP
issued under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1973 is necessary even for
an Indian citizen to enter Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland. Arunachal
Pradesh has also demanded the construction of 161-km Tinsukia – Parsuram Kund
rail line to help tourists from all over India to put the holy place in global
tourism map.
Proposed Railway
Lines in Arunachal Pradesh
198-km Lumding – Silchar – Jiribam gauge
conversion
100-km Ziribam – Imphal extension project to
link Manipur
108-km Kumarghat – Agartala, Jiribhum –
Tulpul; Dimapur – Zuzba; Azra – Byrnihat gauge link to Rangiya – Murkongsele
84-km Badarpur – Bhairabi section for gauge
link to Mizoram
15-km Amguri – Tuli line
This all would expand the rail network in the
region.