The Northeast Frontier Railway has successfully launched the bow string arch steel girder of a new Road over Bridge (ROB) near Kampur Railway Station in Assam's Nagaon district under the Lumding Division.
Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway on Friday visited the site at Dibalong area in Dima Hasao district and took stock the situation on Friday after 8 coaches of Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Express derailed at Diblong station on Thursday.
The work for doubling of Agthori - Kamakhaya including the Saraighat bridge over river Brahmaputra and Lumding - Furkating have been approved by the Union cabinet.
To increase the existing line capacity, smoothen train operations, reduce congestion and facilitate ease of travelling and transportation, the doubling of Railway tracks in important sections is taken into consideration by the Ministry of Railways.
According to officials with Lumding railway division of North East Frontier Railway, the special train departed from Danapur station at 6:00 am with 1006 passengers on board.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) in a joint operation seized 5 kg of contraband drugs from a train and apprehended two persons at Lumding railway station in Assam's Nagaon district on Sunday night, police said on Monday.
A Government Railway Police officer of Lumding Railway Junction said, after receiving the information a police team rushed to the spot and found the bodies of two persons including a woman lying on the floor of the railway junction.
The police registered a case at Lumding police station under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after getting a complaint in this regard.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 15 (ANI): In view of incessant rain, landslides and waterlogging at several locations in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of the Lumding division, Northeast Frontier Railway made changes in train services over the section due to this serious condition.