Railway line between North Andaman and Southern Andaman Islands

After approving a plan to lay down railway tracks in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, the railways is also set to include the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in its network. On Monday (February 6), the ministry gave the green signal to the 240-kilometre broad-gauge railway line which will connect Diglipur in North Andaman Island with Port Blair, the capital of the Andamans located in South Andaman Island.

Andaman Jail

Here is how the railway will benefit the Andamans:

1) Boost defence: According to the administration of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory (UT), the railway project is of "immense strategic value" for the defence forces since Diglipur is located just 300 kilometres by sea from the southern coast of Myanmar. This railway route from Port Blair will help one reach Diglipur in just three hours, thus facilitating a faster deployment of soldiers and resources during emergencies.

2) Improve scope of tourism:  Besides strengthening the defence, the railway project which will also boost the scope of tourism in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. According to Jagdish Mukhi, Lieutenant Governor of the UT, as soon as these line are commissioned, the tourist footfall will jump from the current 4.5 lakh visitors annually to around 6 lakh annually. The railways will also help the tourists to easily visit Ross and Smith islands that are major tourist attractions in Diglipur.

3) The local residents will also benefit from this railway lines as it will connect the largest town in North Andaman Island with the capital.

The project, which was initially dropped, has received a fresh push after the railways updated the survey which it had completed in December 2014.

Other Important points regarding the Andaman:-

1) Andaman have the PVTG(Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group) population, who are residing in the islands since 60,000 years. They belong to the negrito race and no one know how they came on this island. Still, They are hunter and gatherers and have the primitive culture.

Some of the tribes:-

One of the tourist place in Andaman islands

1. Sentineles
2. Onge
3. Jarwa
4. North Andamanese
5. Nicobarese
6. Shompen

Already existing Great Andaman Trunk Road is causing the major problems for the survival of the Native people of the andaman. Their population is day by day decreasing. For example, Population of the north andamanese is less the 50 population!!!!

If the 240km train comes, It increase the presence of the human activity in their habitat, which will be definitely threat to their existence. 

2)  Southern most Tip of the India:-

Indira Point or Pygmalion Point is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is the southern most point of India, which is  approximately 150  kilometres away from the Indonesian Sumatran Island.