Agartala, Feb 20: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi and discussed various railway projects including the introduction of the Vande Bharat train in the state.

Manik Saha in a post stated that, “met Hon’ble Union Minister of Rail Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. In the meeting, we discussed various topics of development like the running of the Vande Bharat Train, Inter-City Train between Agartala-Guwahati, Local Train between Dharmanagar-Sabroom, laying new track between Jirania- Bodhjungnagar (Industrial Estate) and Dharmanagar-Kailashahar and Kissan Rail between Agartala-Guwahati, Railway infrastructural development in the state & IT related issues,” .

Tripura is now well connected with Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Firozpur, Patna and other cities of the country by several express trains but passenger train services have been solely powered by diesel-powered engines.

A trial run of the first goods train with an electric locomotive was successfully conducted on February 6 between southern Assam’s Badarpur station and Tripura’s Jirania station, 15 km north of Agartala railway station.

A Rs 46 crore electrification project was launched in 2022 to connect Tripura with the national railway grid with electric trains.

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