AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): With the aim to connect Agartala with the country’s rail network, track laying work at Agartala railway station is undergoing in full swing and expected to get completed by January 2015.All together 17 tracks will be laid at the Agartala railway station as Agartala railway station would be the main station to cater rail service from different part of the country.The main track which had once run the Meter gauge train is now erupted and BG tracks are laid and within Januray 2015 track laying work for 17 tracks at Agartala railway is supposed to complete.Days are not so far when after the BG (Broad gauge) conversion work, Agartala will also be connected with by BG track with country’s railway network.The pace of the conversion work shows that Agartala will soon be connected with the BG track to bring in sync with the rest of the country.It is to be mentioned here that Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is likely to visit the state in the middle of October to lay the foundation stone for BG Conversion work and to discuss about the work process and progress.As a part of the faster development in the work progress of the BG conversion work the NFR team has decided to undertake work conversion work from September 20 following which the passengers and goods train from Agartala to Karimganj has been suspended.

It is worthy to mention that the laying of tracks at Charilam is already completed and work is under progress as Gokul nagar.

The successful run of the trains on the broad-gauge track will bring sync with those in the rest of the country and Tripura is gearing up for faster connectivity and communication with several parts of the nation.

However, the railway authority is equally working hard to build cross bridges over the rail line at every platform of the rail stations to ensure free movement of the passengers.

With the introduction of the BG facility, one could return from Guwahati to Agartala, capital town of the landlocked State –Tripura in a journey spanning around eight hours and if things fall in place, the ongoing work of BG conversion work from Lumding to Agartala via Badarpur would be completed shortly.

With the everyday progress in the conversion work, the common mass of the state is observing a ray of hope for faster communication and transportation.