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Saharsa : Electric engine trains would start running on Mansi – Saharsa – Dauram – Madhepura rail section under Samastipur division of East Central Railway (ECR), Hajipur, from December 2017. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Samastipur, R K Jain, on June 2, 2017, launched the work on the electrification work on the premises of underconstruction Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura.

The electrification work would be carried out by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited , DRM Jain told mediapersons at Saharsa. Jain said that the first electric locomotive would come out in 2018 for which the electrification of the aforesaid rail section was necessary. Jain said that the Electric Locomotive Factory would lead to development of Kosi region.

Jain also inspected the ongoing broad gauge work between on Saharsa and Garhbaruari stations. He also inspected the platform construction work at Saharsa railway station. Jain said that Saharsa railway yard was being beautified and the signal system was being made hi-tech. Senior railway officials Sanjay Kumar, Birendra Kumar, RPF Commandant Vijay Prakash Pandit, Saharsa railway station Superintendent Navin Chandra Yadav, and DCI Raman Kumar Jha were among those present on the occasion.

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