Guwahati, July 23: The Bairabi-Sairang railway line, which will put Mizoram on the country’s railway map, is likely to be commissioned by July 2025, senior officials of Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction Organisation) informed Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on July 19.

About 93 per cent of work for the 51.38-km line has already been completed, the officials said.

Governor Kambhampati had a review meeting on the progress of the Bairabi–Sairang New Line Project (51.38 km) in a meeting with senior officials of NFR (construction) at the Raj Bhavan in Aizwal recently.

Vinod Kumar, chief engineer, NFR (Construction), and Harjimal Meena, deputy chief engineer, NFR, Aizawl presented the updates on the railway construction project which will bring the goods and passenger services to the doorstep of Aizawl city.

After going through the presentation, the Governor thanked the Central government and Indian Railways for bringing and completing a game changer project for the state. He also congratulated the people of Mizoram on the verge of finally availing the critical services of railways that will ensure substantial cost cutting on transportation of passengers and commodities in addition to reducing the travelling time between the state and its neighbouring state of Assam, at least by 3 to 4 hours.

The Governor also spoke about how the cheaper services of the railway will have a domino effect on all other developmental activities within the state.

The latest and revised cost of the project is Rs 8213.72 crore with 93% of the physical works being completed at this point. There are four stations -Hortoki, Kawnpui, Mualkhang, and Sairang.

The 51.38 km new line between Bairabi and Sairang is divided into four sections: – Bairabi – Hortoki, Hortoki – Kawnpui, Kawnpui – Mualkhang, and Mualkhang – Sairang.

Since the NFR has successfully done a trial run on the Bairabi–Hortoki section, the Hortoki station is tentative to be inaugurated within the next few days along with the commissioning of railways services up to Hortoki in Mizoram.

Within the next few months, the railway services along the Hortoki–Kawnpui section and then to the Kawnpui – Mualkhang section would also be commissioned. By the end of July 2025, the NFR planned to finally inaugurate the Sairang Terminal Station and commission railway services to the doorstep of Aizawl.

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