All metre-gauge tracks in North East to be made broad-gauge
President Pranab Mukherjee, during his address on Tuesday before the start of the Budget Session, said that all meter-gauge railway tracks in the North-Eastern states will be converted to broad-gauge by 2017-end. Further, he said the Railways have undertaken around ₹10,000 crore expansion in the region. Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya were also put on the rail map, Mukherjee stated.