Guwahati, July 13 (MExN): Freight train services in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of the Lumding division resumed from July 12 after a prolonged gap of almost two months, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) informed today.
The first freight train carrying sugar has left Monday night for Jirania station (near Agartala) from Daotuhaja station and another loaded with steel coils has left from Manderdisa for Bhairabi station in Mizoram, it said.
Several more freight trains carrying commodities like stone chips, rice, etc will also be operated in this section to fulfil the supply gap and the NFR is also making arrangements to bring back the empty freight rakes that were stuck in different sections of the devastated hill section since last two months, it informed.
Services of passenger and freight trains were cancelled from second week of May, 2022 after landslides and water logging due to incessant rain and resulted in breaches and track damages in more than 60 locations of the hill section, the NFR CPRO added in a press release.
The NFR has put all its efforts in restoring the damaged section and re-starting the train services as early as possible by braving all odds, it said.
The NFR is all set to resume the passenger train services as early as possible during the current month itself, it added.
