Modi to inaugurate Bairabi-Sairang railway on request of Mizoram CM
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Aizawl: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the request of Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma on Monday, said he will personally undertake inauguration of the newly constructed 51.38km-long Bairabi-Sairang railway at the Sairang station at a convenient time, an official statement said.
Lalduhoma met Modi at the latter's official residence in Delhi and asked him to inaugurate the Bairabi-Sairang road and the Sairang Rail station in the outskirts of Aizawl.
Sources in the Northeastern Frontier Railway (NFR) said the PM is likely to inaugurate the newly constructed railway line by the end of July as safety inspection by the commissioner of railway safety (CRS) and trial run along the entire railway had already been completed.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed wide ranging issues, including fallout of the recent conflict in the Chin state effecting Mizoram. They also discussed the proposed Thenzawl Peace City Project, 'Hand-holding scheme' — the flagship programme of the present Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) govt and upgrading the World Bank-funded Aizawl to Thenzawl road into a national highway.
Lalduhoma also raised the issue of the Rs 9,265 crore northeast grid national gas pipeline project being undertaken by the Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL). The completion of this project will revolutionise cooking gas usage with the people of Aizawl city availing piped gas connection. The PM in turn said he wanted the deputy commissioner of Mamit district bordering Tripura to speed up the construction of the pipeline as it will be going through the district.
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