"For the first time the state of Arunachal has been brought into the rail network and we shall commission the Harmuti-Naharlagun line this year," Bansal said presenting the Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha.
He said the national project of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla and other projects of strategic importance would be taken up on top priority.
"Providing need based rail connectivity to border areas is uppermost on railways' agenda," Bansal said.
He said works on the new line railway project to connect the state of Manipur were
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