NITI Aayog has decided to commission the proposed 15-km India-Bangladesh railway project along Tripura by 2017, a top state official said.
PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina discussed the Rs 575 crore railway project during the formerÃÂīs visit to Dhaka.
ÃÂĻThe alignment and other technicalities of laying the track to link Agartala railway station with BangladeshÃÂīs Akhaura railway station would be changed. A final report on the new alignment will be submitted to the centre by June 30 for sanction of funds,ÃÂĻ Tripura Transport Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik said.
The NITI Aayog meeting was held to remove the roadblocks on the Agartala-Akhaura rail project along Tripura capital Agartala. Of the 15 km long project, 5 km (of elevated tracks) fall in the Indian territory and the remaining in Bangladesh.
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