Overview
- Officials said this week the project has moved from planning into execution and that piling work is targeted to begin in October 2026.
- The scheme pairs a 7.2 km doubling of the Agthori–Kamakhya rail section with a 1.3 km double‑decker bridge that places two rail tracks on the lower deck and a three‑lane road with a footpath on the upper deck.
- Larsen & Toubro has been appointed the executing contractor and has begun mobilisation after geotechnical investigations and major engineering designs were completed.
- State and local authorities have cleared most land, encroachment and utility issues to open work fronts, though NFR continues to coordinate remaining urban interfaces.
- Engineered on well foundations with welded open‑web‑girder 125 m spans and long approach viaducts, the project will include digital bridge monitoring and is expected to raise rail and road throughput across Guwahati within the next few years.