Manipur’s Imphal-Jiribam railway project 50% complete, says MoS Jardosh

Junior railway minister Darshana Jardosh said in Manipur on Thursday that the 111km Imphal-Jiribam railway project was 50 per cent complete and a long-coach passenger service till Kongsang would be operational by September.

The Union minister of state said the Northeast Frontier Railway had started installing early-warning systems for disasters such as landslides in all trains and stations in the state. Last month, tragedy struck when a massive landslide hit an under-construction railway station at Marangching in Noney district claiming 61 lives, most of them territorial army personnel.

“The double-engine government is committed to giving Manipur a world-class railway service,” said the minister.