Maligaon, September 19 (MExN): Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, GoI, Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday inaugurated a Riverfront Passenger Jetty near the Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge in Dibrugarh.
Others present during the inaugural were Rameswar Teli, Minister of State of Labour & Employment, GoI, General Manager of NF Railway, Anshul Gupta, Divisional Railway Manager of Tinsukia div Bijaya Kumar Mishra, senior railway officials and officials from Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
While inaugurating the Riverfront Jetty at Bogibeel, Sonowal requested railways for similar facilities at Pandu, Jogighopa and Dhubri while praising the successful development of the passenger jetty by NF Railway.
General Manager of NFR announced the plan for development of New Tinsukia and Dibrugarh Railway stations as per world class standard. Dhamalgaon station is also planned to be developed for enhancing tourism at Bogibeel, the GM said. He also “promised” all-round socio-economic development of the region. Bogibeel will be developed as a Gati Shakti unit for handling freight and passenger traffic in a multimodal concept, stated a press release from the NFR Chief Public Relations Officer.
The work for development of the Riverfront at Bogibeel was taken up by NFR as a result of a meeting held in October last year with the Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
