Rail Budget 2013: CM Nabam Tuki thanks railway minister for Arunachal Pradesh rail link

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has expressed gratitude to Union Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal for his commitment to ensure railway link to Arunachal Pradesh.

Bansal while presenting the Railway Budget in the Parliament yesterday announced commissioning of the Harmuti-Naharlagun line during financial year 2013-14.

He also assured to take up the Parasuram Kund-Rupai railway link as a project of national importance.

Thanking the minister, Tuki said that commissioning of the Harmuti-Naharlagun line would be a historical achievement for the state as it would bring Arunachal Pradesh in the railway map of the country for the first time.

"This would be major developmental step for our state which began its humble journey as a state 26 years ago," Tuki said in a statement here today.

The Chief Minister also expressed delight that the Union Minister has assured to take up the Parasuram Kund-Rupai railway link as a national project.

He said the assurance finding a place in the country's railway budget itself is a major boost for railways in the state.

And as it will be a project of national importance we believe that its completion will be timely connecting our Eastern parts also with the world's largest rail network," he said.