Lok Sabha Debates
Need To Provide Rail Link Between Dimapur And Naginimora Via Chumukedima And Tuli ... on 23 July, 2003
/font> Title: Need to provide rail link between Dimapur and Naginimora via Chumukedima and Tuli in Nagaland.
SHRI K.A. SANGTAM (NAGALAND): During the British reign in India, a railway station was constructed at Naginimora in Nagaland to connect it with the rest of the country in 1920. Through this railhead, a huge quantity of coal, timber, agriculture produce, various raw materials for industries were transported to other parts of our country. But this station was abandoned in 1980 due to unknown reasons.
I therefore request the Government of India to revive the Naginimora railway station and construct one rail link from Dimapur to Naginimora via Chumukedima and Tuli which would pass through the entire fertile agriculture zone as well as different mineral belts on the foothill of Nagaland, thereby bringing economic boom to the North-East. Further, Naginimora railway station to Simulguri railway station in Assam and Tizit can be connected for improving communication link with the international border. It would also go a long way in bringing this remote region to the main stream specially in the light of the peace process which is going on between the Government of India and different insurgent groups in Nagaland.