Dimapur, Sep. 7 (EMN): KG Kenye, the lone Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland, has asked Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) authorities to restore its divisional headquarters—currently based in Lumding, Assam—to Dimapur.
According to a press release from the MP’s press secretary, Kenye told the NFR officials at Maligaon in Assam on September 6 that with Dimapur railway station earning the second highest revenue in the region (INR 135 crore from 2016-19), “justice should be done in this matter, and not let nepotism or step-motherly treatment” cause obstruction.
“Draw up a master plan for Dimapur railway station to provide basic amenities and state-of-the-art technologies to be at par with the best stations around the country. Railways must reserve at least 75% (Grade III and Grade IV) of the employment for the local qualified youths of the north-eastern states as justice was not done in earlier cases with majority of the posts being taken up by the outsiders (sic),” Kenye told the NFR officials.
He also asked to expedite works for the Dimapur-Zubza and the Dimapur-Tizit railway lines.
