Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Northeast Frontier Railway Reviews Bairabi–Sairang Line Improvement Works
Ashish Bansal is a senior railway official.
He visited the Bairabi–Sairang railway line on September 22, 2026.
He checked how the railway line and its improvement projects were progressing.
He looked at a facility for cleaning and servicing train coaches.
He also inspected a facility used to examine and repair coaches.
Railway staff housing in Sairang was reviewed as well.
The next day, he met Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma to discuss railway projects.
Bansal asked railway staff to focus on safety, efficiency, passenger service and completing work on time.
Ashish Bansal inspected the Bairabi–Sairang Railway Line on September 22, 2026.
Bansal reviewed the line’s working condition and ongoing development works, including a window trailing inspection from Badarpur to Sairang.
At Sairang, he inspected construction of a coach washing pit line and an existing sick line for coach maintenance and repairs.
He reviewed completed and ongoing construction of staff quarters intended to improve accommodation for railway employees.
On September 23, Bansal met Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma to discuss railway development and ongoing projects in the state.
- Who
- Ashish Bansal, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction), railway officers and staff, and Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma.
- What
- Bansal inspected the Bairabi–Sairang Railway Line, reviewed improvement works and discussed railway development projects with the Mizoram chief minister.
- When
- September 22 and 23, 2026.
- Where
- The Bairabi–Sairang Railway Line, including Sairang and the Badarpur-to-Sairang route, in Mizoram.
- Why
- To assess working conditions and project progress, improve railway facilities and coordinate continued railway development in Mizoram.
- Inspector
- Ashish Bansal, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction)
- Inspection date
- September 22, 2026
- Meeting date
- September 23, 2026
- Railway route
- Bairabi–Sairang Railway Line
- Facilities reviewed
- Coach washing pit line, coach sick line and staff quarters
- Window trailing inspection
- Badarpur to Sairang
- Meeting participant
- Lalduhoma, Chief Minister of Mizoram