PRAGATI and Rail Infrastructure in Mizoram

Varun Adhikari
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Reviews shifted from explaining delays to resolving them, with photographs, timelines, and sitestatus data replacing narrative reports. Digital monitoring ensured that issues raised once returned to the table until they were closed. This discipline altered responses across the system. Engineers became more decisive, contractors more accountable, and state and central agencies coordinated more closely because fragmentation was no longer tolerated.
On the ground, the effect was visible. Tunnel excavation, once sporadic, began advancing steadily despite complex geology, fractured rock mass, shear zones, water ingress, and weak strata. Approvals for support systems and design modifications moved in weeks instead of months.
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