The Northeast Frontier Railway has notified the Kokrajhar- Gelephu New Rail Line — Bhutan’s first railway link — as a Special Railway Project (SRP), paving the way for faster land acquisition and execution.

The notification, published this week, states that the 69-km project traversing Assam and extending into Bhutan has been accorded SRP status under the Railways Act, 1989.

Speaking to News18, a Railway Ministry official explained that the project was strategically significant, advancing India’s Act East Policy and strengthening cross-border trade and connectivity with Bhutan.

“The SRP will allow land to be acquired under streamlined provisions of the Railways Act, cutting acquisition time nearly in half compared with the 2013 Land Acquisition Act — putting the project on a fa

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