Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for Sikkim’s first railway station, Rangpo Station, on February 26, said Deputy Railway Manager of Alipurduar.
PM Modi will lay the foundation for almost 550 Amrit railway stations on February 26.
Amarjeet Agrawal, the DRM, said, “Rangpo station is the form of a touristic and defensive point of view for Sikkim and India, Basically, Sikkim did not have a railway line earlier. The government has signed this project in three phases. In the first phase, Sevoke to the Rangpo rail project; in the other phase, from Rangpo to Gangtok; and the third phase, from Gangtok to Nathula”.