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Movement of Foodgrains to Southern Assam, Manipur, Mizoram
and Tripura during Gauge conversion Mega Block of Lumding-
Badarpur Meter Gauge line ! "ail#a!s$
%$ &ntroduction'
1.1 North Eastern (NE) State of the country is decit in foodgrains
and have limited storage capacity. Foodgrains are inducted in the
region for Targeted Pulic !istriution System (TP!S) and "ther
#elfare Scheme ("#S) using $road %auge net&or' of ail&ays. Even
most of the interstate distriution is done through $road %auge and
*eter %auge net&or' of ail&ays and part of the interstatemovement is done through oad as &ell.
1.+ ail&ays are planning to ta'e up ,umding - $adarpur *eter
%auge Section for %auge conversion since 1st "ctoer +/10. *eter
%auge Sections starting from ,umding currently feed Southern ssam
*anipur *i2oram and Tripura and it &ill necessitate road induction in
the region.
($ Background'
+.1 The issue of induction of foodgrains in the region &as discussed
in the %roup of "3cers meeting held on 1+./4.+/10 and 5"S meeting
held on +4./6.+/10. The recommendation made y %roup of o3cers
and 5"S along&ith present status are at Anne)ure-& * &&$
+$ Steps taken for improvement in rail induction
7.1 !epartment is ta'ing steps in collaoration &ith ail&ays to
operationalise goodsheds on angiya - *ur'ongsele' rail&ay line so
the resources deployed in the region for road induction are freed and
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can e redeployed for induction in the region going to e a8ected
due to closure of ,unding - $adarpur meter gauge line. !e'ergaon
Tangle and Naharlagun goodsheds on the angiya - *ur'ongsele'
rail&ay line have een opened y ail&ays and North ,a'himpur and
!hema9i terminal are yet to e opened and &ill e used y F5: after
opening.7.+ s per agreed action plan F5: has nali2ed oad Transport
5ontractors from e;isting $% ail&ay terminal of 5hangsari and
ne&ly identied $% ail&ay terminals at $aihata and
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een moved through this route ma;imum urden of road movement
&ill have to e orne y N>0/B00 till the completion of N>40
(,umdingSilchar).
/$ "iverine Movement to Tripura
4.1 multimodal riverine movement contract of 1//// *T rice has
een a&arded y F5: for movement from ndhra Pradesh to Tripura
via shugan9( $angladesh). Cnder this contract a vessel carrying
4/// *T ricehas already sailed from ndhra Pradesh (Di2ag) and is
e;pected to reach gartala via 'haura chec' post in the rst &ee'
ugust+/10.
0$ Steps taken to identif! storage capacit! ! States'
0$% F5: NE 2one is having a total storage capacity of aout 0. la'h
tones and stoc's for only 7 days can e stored in the region. :n
vie& of this it is re=uired that the respective state governments
create ma;imum storage space and underta'e advance lifting of
foodgrains to the e;tent. possile in vie& of forth coming rail&ay
megaloc'. ttempts are also eing made to identify additional
storage capacity in the region and encourage states to utili2e this
capacity as intermediate storage and create the re=uired u8er
stoc's. For this purpose a meeting of esident 5ommissioners of
the concerned states &as called on +0./+.+/10 and States &ere
re=uested to ta'e necessary action in this matter.
1$ 2ecisions sought'
.1 The present level of foodgrain induction through $% ra'es and
transshipment levels at ,unding has to e maintained y ail&ays so
that suitale u8er stoc's are created efore closure of meter gaugeline.
.+ N>: may e directed to e;pedite completion of the ongoing
&or' of N> 40 (%u&ahati ,umding Silchar).
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.7 %overnment of ssam may e;pedite in handing over of 14 Gm of
hindrance free land out of alance 71.? Gm from *aiong to
>arang9ao located on N>40 to N>: to facilitate early completion of
ongoing &or'. Further %overnemnt of ssam may also e;pedite &ild
life clearance for the 71 Gm >aranga9ao$alachera section so that
&or' could also commence on this stretch.
.0 N>: and concerned state governments may ensure
uninterrupted road movement of foodgrain truc's on N>0/ and 00
y underta'ing re=uiredBroutine road repairs.
.4 5oncerned State %overnments may e as'ed to maintain la&
and order and provide ade=uate enroute security for foodgrain
movement y road during *ega $loc'.
.6 State governments may identify ma;imum storage space andunderta'e advance lifting of foodgrains to the e;tent possile to
create suitale u8er stoc's &ith them.
. s decided in the last 5"S meeting dated +4.6.+/10 all the
State %overnments of North East may ensure sumission of
information on Storage capacity and foodgrain stoc's availale &ith
state government on daily asis to !epartment of 5FHP! and F5:
so that F5: can ensure regular replenishment of stoc's to all the
godo&ns optimi2ing the capacity utili2ation. t present only Tripura
and *i2oram are furnishing this information.
. $" may e as'ed to underta'e urgentBroutine road repair
&or's on N> 47 in *anipur and N>40 in *i2oram and maintain it
properly during the *ega $loc' period and to ta'e steps to replace
the e;isting temporary suspension ridges across *a'ru $ara' and
:rang rivers &ith &ell designed 55BSteel ridges.
.? State governments particularly ssam and *eghalaya may e
re=uested not to impose any tra3c restriction on plying of F5:
foodgrain truc's.
.1/ *inistry of E;ternal 8airs may arrange for permission
from $angladesh %overnment forregular multimodal (riverine)
movement of 74/// *T of foodgrainper month to Tripura via
$angladesh.
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