Boost to Rail connectivity in Assam

Cabinet approves doubling of New Bongaigaon - Agthori via Rangiyarailway line (142.97 km)

Project will traverse through Bongaigaon, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari and Kamrup districts

This project will generate direct employment during construction for about 34.31 lakh mandays

The total estimated cost of this project is ₹ 2042.51 crore and will be completed by 2022-23

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to construct the New Bongaigaon and Agthori via Rangiya doubling (142.97 km) of Northeast Frontier Railway in Assam with an estimated cost of ₹ 2042.51 crore. The project will be completed by 2022-23 and will be executed by Construction Organization of Northeast Frontier Railway.

The line capacity utilization of the section between New Bongaigaon and Agthori via Rangiya is more than 100%. Traffic on this section will further increase as Rangiya-Murkongselek Broad Gauge line has already been commissioned in 2015-16 and Bogibeel Bridge new line has been commissioned recently. To remove the existing capacity constraints of existing network and to handle the increasing freight and passenger traffic, doubling of New Bongaigaon - Agthori via Rangiya is required. Overall operative performance of New Bongaigaon - Agthori via Rangiya will improve by the doubling and congestion of section will also reduce to the great extent.

The project will ease the growing through traffic into the North East region and saving due to faster mobility through the proposed double line section. This project will also generate direct employment during construction for about 34.31 lakh mandays.

The alignment for the approved doubling from New Bongaigaon to Agthori via Rangiya (142.97 km) will traverse through Bongaigaon, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari and Kamrup districts of Assam.

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Rail infrastructure expansion: doubling line approved to relieve capacity and improve regional connectivity and freight movement. Approval has been granted for construction of a doubling of the New Bongaigaon-Agthori via Rangiya railway line (142.97 km) to remove existing congestion where line capacity utilization exceeds 100% and to improve overall operative performance. The project, estimated at Rs. 2042.51 crore and to be executed by the Construction Organization of Northeast Frontier Railway, is projected for completion by 2022-23 and to generate about 34.31 lakh mandays of direct employment during construction.