Sarkar help sought on rail project

Agartala, July 5: A delegation of All Cachar Karimganj Hailakandi Students’ Association has sought the intervention of Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar to expedite completion of the broad-gauge railway line between Lumding and Silchar.A delegation comprising the president of the student outfit, Rupam Nandi Purkayastha, general secretary Pervez S. Mazumder and secretary Biswajit Deb met Sarkar here this morning and submitted a memorandum.They urged him to take up the issue with the Union government and pointed out that unless the gauge conversion was completed along this stretch, the states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram would remain deprived of broad gauge connectivity.The memorandum appreciated the completion of laying of railway tracks upto Agartala and commencement of railway service but regretted that in spite of being undertaken almost simultaneously a decade ago, the gauge conversion between Lumding and Silchar has made little progress.The delegation also recalled how former CPM MP Ajay Biswas had raised the issue of a central university for Silchar in the Lok Sabha.Sarkar assured the delegation of his support and promised to take up the issue with the Centre. source: telegraph india