Sikkim Rail Connectivity to Sikkim on fast-track: Railway Ministry
New Delhi: The Sivok-Rangpo rail project to connect Sikkim with the rest of India's rail network is showing perceptible progress with 58 percent of mining work completed in 14 main tunnels- 22.23 km of 38.65 km and 42 percent work completed of 13 major bridges, Ministry of Railways said Wednesday.
North Eastern Region is served by Northeast Frontier Railway consisting of eight states i.e. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya and Sikkim.
Out of eight states of the North Eastern Region, rail network connectivity now exists in seven states.
For Sikkim, the new line project Sivok-Rangpo (44 km) was sanctioned. The foundation stone of this project was laid on 30.10.2009 by the then railway minister at Sivok (West Bengal), and at Rangpo (in Sikkim) by the then vice-president of India on the same day.
Out of the total length of 44.96 km, 38.65 km (86%) is in tunnels, 2.24 km (5%) in Bridges and 4.79 km (9%) length in open cutting/filling of station yards.
The proposed line consists of 14 tunnels with the longest tunnel of 5.30 km and the smallest tunnel covering 538 metres.
Five stations including Sivok and Rangpo are planned on the proposed railway line.
Four stations are proposed to be open crossing stations e.g., Sivok, Riyang, Melli & Rangpo, and one underground halt station e.g. Teesta Bazar.
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The tunnelling which is about 86% of the total length is constructed by the latest Technique called NATM (New Austrian Tunnelling Method).
The works of this project are supervised by International Consultants so that safety and quality are ensured.
IRCON is taking all the measures so that there is minimum disturbance to the Environment and Forest.
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The railway ministry also tweeted a video of the project.
सिक्किम को रेल नेटवर्क से जोड़ने के लिए सेवक-रंगपों रेल लाइन परियोजना पर तेज गति से हो रहा है निर्माण कार्य। इसके पूरा होने से जहां पर्यटन और क्षेत्र के सामाजिक-आर्थिक विकास को बढ़ावा मिलेगा, वहीं सामरिक दृष्टिकोण से भी यह परियोजना महत्त्वपूर्ण साबित होगी। pic.twitter.com/X0hJ5Q4CAi
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) October 6, 2022
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