SILCHAR, April 27: Stalemate over running trains in the Lumding-Badarpur section still continued as an NF Railway source indicated that the authorities had not yet taken any decision in this regard.
N F Railway general manager Ashutosh Swamy who had gone to Delhi today, would discuss the matter with the Railway Ministry, a source from Maligaon HQ of the N F Railway informed The Sentinel.
The source said, in the present situation, railway authorities could not afford to risk the lives of their employees who were virtually holed up in various stations in the sector.
It is to be noted that on Sunday two goods trains carrying relief materials for the railway employees were attacked by the suspected Black Widow militants. The source said, in the present backdrop, the possibility of running even goods trains in the hill sector was very bleak.
The source further hinted that the State government had failed miserably in providing security in the hill section as in the last fortnight at least seven incidents of attack on trains had happened leaving one dead and several injured. On the other hand, Barak Valley and N C Hills Commissioner MC Jauhari recently blamed the railway authority for the stalemate. He said, the railway authority lacked the willingness to run trains in the sector. THE SENTINEL
N F Railway general manager Ashutosh Swamy who had gone to Delhi today, would discuss the matter with the Railway Ministry, a source from Maligaon HQ of the N F Railway informed The Sentinel.
The source said, in the present situation, railway authorities could not afford to risk the lives of their employees who were virtually holed up in various stations in the sector.
It is to be noted that on Sunday two goods trains carrying relief materials for the railway employees were attacked by the suspected Black Widow militants. The source said, in the present backdrop, the possibility of running even goods trains in the hill sector was very bleak.
The source further hinted that the State government had failed miserably in providing security in the hill section as in the last fortnight at least seven incidents of attack on trains had happened leaving one dead and several injured. On the other hand, Barak Valley and N C Hills Commissioner MC Jauhari recently blamed the railway authority for the stalemate. He said, the railway authority lacked the willingness to run trains in the sector. THE SENTINEL
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