(a) whether the Railways have taken any decision on doubling the Guwahati-Tinsukia broad gauge line and also think in terms of railway electrification;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the progress achieved so far regarding the conversion of the hill section’s Lumding-Badarpur (Barak Valley) meter gauge into broad gauge ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)
(a): No, Sir.
(b): Does not arise.
(c): Lumding-Badarpur gauge conversion is part of Lumding-Silchar-Jiribam and Badarpur-Baraigram gauge conversion project. On this project, land acquisition, earthwork, bridges and tunneling works are in various stages of progress and the overall physical progress is about 34 %.