Sivok-Rangpo railway: Soon, travel from Bengal to Sikkim in 2 hrs

Guwahati: The Himalayan state of Sikkim is soon going to get connected to the railway map of India, as the Sivok-Rangpo project is likely to be completed by June 2021.

The 44.9-km-long broad-gauge railway line will decongest the jam-packed roads of Sikkim which are very prone to get disrupted due to uncertain weather conditions.

With an initial sanction of Rs 1,339.48 crore, the project cost has now gone up to Rs 4,085.60 crore, with the project being tracked by the Project Monitoring Group (PMG).