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The Sikkim railway space shall be built as a fragment of the Sivok-Rangpo railway project, launched abet in October 2009.
Sikkim, the glorious Indian voice without fetch entry to to railways, is all position to undergo a connectivity revolution. As per news agency ANI, Top Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the voice’s first railway space on Monday (Feb 26).
“Rangpo space is the fabricate of a touristic and defensive point of scrutinize for Sikkim and India”, talked about Deputy Railway Supervisor of Alipurduar, Amarjeet Agrawal.
“In most cases, Sikkim did now now not accept as true with a railway line earlier. The authorities has signed this project in three phases. Within the basic section, Sevoke to the Rangpo rail project; in the second section, from Rangpo to Gangtok; and the third section, from Gangtok to Nathula,” the real added.
Sikkim became India’s fragment on 16 Could presumably possibly also fair 1975 because the country’s 22nd voice when the monarchy used to be abolished.
India’s first underground space
The Sikkim railway space shall be built as a fragment of the Sivok-Rangpo railway project, launched abet in October 2009. The railway line’s projected length is practically 45km, spanning from West Bengal’s Sivok to Sikkim’s Rangpo.
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The line will accept as true with 5 stations in total, including one in Teesta Bazar, that will possibly well moreover very smartly be India’s first underground pause space. The line will accept as true with four delivery crossing stations (Sivok, Riyang, Melli, Rangpo).
In step with project director Mohinder Singh, out of 45 km, three and a half km is fragment of Sikkim voice and 41.5 km is fragment of West Bengal.
He additional provides particulars about the Teesta Bazar railway space. “Teesta Bazar space could well moreover be an underground railway space,” he talked about.
“Within the Indian Railway, in particular in wide gauge, this is the basic underground railway space. This space could be very linked, because, Teesta bazar connects Darjeeling to Gangtok so it could well moreover be helpful for the passengers who need to sprint to Darjeeling or Gangtok,” he used to be quoted as saying by media reports.
Sivok-Rangpo railway project
The 45 km-long route primarily comprises tunnels, along with bridges and delivery cutting/filling of space yards. Of the total 44.96 km length, 38.65 km (86 per cent) comprises tunnels while 2.24 km (5 per cent) comprises bridges.
In step with reports, the tunnelling has been finished the use of the most stylish NATM (Original Austrian Tunnelling Capacity) methodology.
(With inputs from companies)
