Agartala, Aug. 27 -- Tripura has become a fully electrified railway state with the completion of electrification of 271 kilometres of railway tracks, power minister Ratan Lal Nath announced on Wednesday.

The minister inaugurated the project at a programme held at the Agartala Railway Station and urged the North East Frontier Railway authorities to immediately introduce electric trains in the state.

"Tripura is now 100 percent electrified in terms of railway tracks. The Centre can start operating trains compatible with electric traction at any time, as our infrastructure is ready," Nath said.

Highlighting the achievement as a milestone in the state's connectivity journey, Nath recalled the decades-long struggle for railway expansion.

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