Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flags Off First Train to Meghalaya Saturday Nov 29,2014

 

Almost after six decades of independence, northeastern state Meghalaya found a spot on the country's rail map with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the first train to the state on Saturday.

The Prime Minister on Saturday Nov 29,2014 inaugurated the Mendipathar-Guwahati passenger train and laid the foundation stone of broad gauge conversion of Bhairabi-Sairang line in Mizoram.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the first train from Mendipathar in North Garo Hills of Meghalaya to Guwahati, Assam, at the Maligaon Railway Stadium in Guwahati on Saturday

Modi said the Indian Railways have the potential to become the backbone of the country's economic activity.
"We will not be happy in just adding one coach or upgrading one station. We want both horizontal and vertical development of the railways. It can become the engine of Indian economy," he added.
The government has already allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment to completely modernise the railway transportation in the country, he said.