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Assam not satisfied with Mamata Budget

Assam not satisfied with Mamata Budget

Mamata Banerjee may give priority to Assam in her rail budget. But Assam is not happy at all. She has proposed a a few trains, a locomotive centre and a rail industrial park for Assam. She announced a tri-weekly Rajya Rani Intercity express between Silghat and Dhubri via Guwahati, Kokrajhar and Jogighopa, a weekly Kavi Guru Express from Guwahati to Jaipur Express, weekly Swami Vivekananda express between Dibrugarh-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniyakumari, daily Guwahati-Dimapur Express and new line services between Dimapur-Tizzit, Silghat Tezpur and Dibrugarh-Dangori via Tinsukia. Moreover, she proposed connection of all state capitals of the entire region except Sikkim by Rail in next seven years. This is in addition to a diesel locomotive centre in Manipur and a rail industrial park at New Bongaigaon.

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