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Mizoram: Khamrang-Sihhmui railway line to be completed by Dec 2023

First Published: 20th January, 2022 15:24 IST

In a bid to assess the progress of the ongoing construction of the Khamrang to Sihhmui rail route, Lok Sabha MP C Lalrosanga today visited the construction site of the

In a bid to assess the progress of the ongoing construction of the Khamrang to Sihhmui rail route, Lok Sabha MP C Lalrosanga today visited the construction site of the rail project in Mizoram.

Lok Sabha MP C Lalrosanga said that soon after the completion of the rail line from Khamrang to Sihhmui, there will be work on the extension of the railway line to South Mizoram.

While the initial plan was to complete the construction work by March 2024, the Northern Frontier Railway has now decided to complete the project by December 2023.

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Lalrosanga further added that the 223-km long Sairang to Hmawng-buchhuah railway line is linked with the Kolodyne Multi Modal Transit Transport Project and, on completion, would give a much-needed boost to the infrastructure development of the State.

It is worth mentioning here that, under the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, construction work is going on for railway projects worth Rs 39,000 crore in the Northeast.

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